Curriculum Vitae - Arnold School of Public Health - University of ...

STEVEN N. BLAIR 

921 Assembly Street 

Department of Exercise Science 

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics 

Arnold School of Public Health 

University of South Carolina 

Columbia, SC 29208 

Telephone—803 777 0567 

Telefax—803 777 2504 

Email address—sblair@mailbox.sc.edu 

EDUCATION 

1978-80 Post-doctoral scholar in preventive cardiology, Stanford University School of 

Medicine. 

1963-68 M.S. (1965) and P.E.D. (1968), Physical education, Indiana University - 

Bloomington. 

1957-62 B.A., Physical education, minor in biology, Kansas Wesleyan University, Salina, 

Kansas. 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 

2006 - Professor, Arnold School of Public Health, Departments of Exercise Science and 

Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of South Carolina 

2006 -2008 Executive Lecturer, Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and 

Recreation, University of North Texas 

2002 -2006 President and CEO, The Cooper Institute 

The Fred and Barbara Meyer Chair in Preventive Medicine 

1980-2002 Director of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, and Director of Research, 

The Cooper Institute 

(part-time 1980 - May 1984, full-time after May 1984). 

Responsible for the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study. 

2007 Visiting Professor of the School of Public Health, University of North Texas, Fort 

Worth. 

2001 Benjamin Meaker Fellow and Visiting Professor, University of Bristol, Bristol, 

U.K.

1998-2007 Adjunct Professor of the College of Education, University of Houston, Houston. 

1966-1984 Instructor to Professor, University of South Carolina, Columbia. Last position 

was Professor, School of Public Health. Taught courses in planning and 

evaluation, epidemiologic foundations of health education, changing health 

behavior, and graduate research seminars; directed graduate student research. 

Earlier duties: founded, developed, and directed the Human Performance 

Laboratory, 1966-78. 

1962-1963 Instructor of physical education and athletic coach, Kansas Wesleyan University. 

Certifications and Honors: 

Fellow, American Epidemiological Society 

Fellow, American Heart Association 

Fellow, American College of Sports Medicine 

Fellow, National Academy of Kinesiology 

Fellow, The Society of Behavioral Medicine 

Fellow, The Obesity Society 

Member, American College of Epidemiology 

Member, The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition 

Member, The Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research 

First recipient of the South Carolina AAHPERD Scholar Award, 1981 

Health Educator of the Year Award, South Carolina Association for 

Health Education, 1982 

Runner's World All Star Team, 1985 

Honor Award, Association for Research, Administration, Professional Councils, 

and Societies, AAHPERD, 1988 

Kansas Wesleyan University Distinguished Alumni Award, 1989 

Scholar Award, Southern District AAHPERD, 1989-1990 

Person of the Year, International Racket Sports Association, 1990 

Honor Award, AAHPERD, 1991

Certifications and Honors (continued): 

W.W. Patty Distinguished Alumni Award, Indiana University, School of Health, 

Physical Education, and Recreation, 1992 

Scholar Award, AAHPERD, 1993-1994 

Wellner Distinguished Scholar, Frostburg State University, 1994 

Who's Who in America 

Who's Who in Science and Engineering 

Citation Award, ACSM, 1994 

R. Tait McKenzie Recognition Award, AAHPERD, 1995 

Distinguished Scholar, The University of Memphis, 1995 

Healthy American Fitness Leader, 1995 

IHRSA Person of the Year, 1996 

IDEA Lifetime Achievement Award, 1996 

ICSSPE Gold Medal, 1996 

Surgeon General's Medallion, 1996 

Honor Award, Texas Regional Chapter of the American College of Sports 

Medicine, 1997 

Presidential Citation, AAHPERD 1997 Convention, St. Louis, MO, 1997 

Award of Meritorious Achievement of the American Heart Association, Dallas, 

1998 

Landsdowne Scholar, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 1997 

The William G. Anderson Commemorative Award, Garden City, NY, 1998 

Charter Member, North American Society for Health, Physical Education, 

Recreation and Dance, 2000 

Honorary Member of the Order of the Horse Collar Knights of Kuopio 

University, 2001 

2001 Texas Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association Outstanding Service 

Award

Certifications and Honors (continued): 

Benjamin Meaker Fellow, University of Bristol, UK, 2001 

National Institutes of Health Method to Extend Research in Time (MERIT) 

Award, 2002 

Honorary Advisor to the Sports Medicine and Sports Science Panel: October 2002 

to September 2004. 

2003 ACSM Honor Award 

National Fitness Hall of Fame, 2006 

Population Science Research Prize, American Heart Association, 2008 

Folksam Epidemiology Prize, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, 2010 

Southeastern American College of Sports Medicine, 2010 Henry J. Montoye 

Scholar Award, 2011 

Bloomberg Manulife Prize, McGill University, Montreal, CANADA, 2012 

Phillip Noel Baker Award, International Council of Sport Science and Physical 

Education, Glasgow, SCOTLAND, 2012 

INSPIRE AWARD, International Council on Active Aging, 2012 

Honorary Degrees 

Doctor Honoris Causa, Free University of Brussels, 1994 

Doctor of Health Science, Lander University, 1996 

Doctor of Health Science Honoris Causa, University of Bristol, 2002 

Memberships: 

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 

American College of Sports Medicine (Board of Trustees, 1981-84; Vice 

President, 1990-92; President-Elect 1995-96; President 1996-97) 

Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, American Heart Association 

Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism, American Heart 

Association (Chair, Physical Activity Subcommittee 2000-2003) 

Society for Epidemiologic Research

Memberships (continued): 

American Public Health Association 

Named Lectures: 

American Academy of Kinesiology and Physical Education (President 1994- 

1995) 

Society for Clinical Trials 

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance 

(AAHPERD) 

Society for Behavioral Medicine 

American College of Epidemiology 

American Epidemiological Society 

The Obesity Society 

D. Oberteuffer Lecture, Ohio State University, 1989 

V. Hawthorne Lecture, University of Michigan, 1989 

A. Ishmail Lecture, Purdue University, 1990 

Fain Oration, The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI, 1992 

C.H. McCloy Research Lecture, AAHPERD, 1993 

Darlith Flynyddol Iagach, Shape Annual Lecture, University of North Wales - 

Bangor, 1993 

J. Warren Perry Lecture, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 

1995 

Alkek Lecture, The Institute for Sports Medicine and Human Performance, 

Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, 1996 

D. B. Dill Lecture, Southwest Chapter of the American College of Sports 

Medicine, Las Vegas NV, 1996 

Ardie Lubin Memorial Lecture, Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, CA, 

1996 

D.K. Stanley Lecture, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 1997 

The Sixteenth Annual Lydia J. Roberts Memorial Lecture, The Chicago Nutrition 

Association and The University of Chicago, Chicago, 1997

Named Lectures (continued): 

John R. Sutton Memorial Lecture, The Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology, 

Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1997 

Mabel C. Robinson Memorial Lecture, Alabama State Association for Health, 

Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, Birmingham, AL, 1998 

Dudley Allen Sargent Lecture Series – Inaugural Lecture, Sargent College, 

Boston University, Boston, MA, 1999 

J. George Jones, Jr. and Velma Rife Jones Distinguished Visiting Lectureship, 

College of Health, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, 2000 

R. Tait McKenzie Memorial Lecture, AAPHERD, Cincinnati, OH, 2001 

First International Lecture on Preventive Cardiology, German Cardiac Society, 

Mannheim, Germany, 2002 

Distinguished Visiting Professor Lecture, Department of Public Health Sciences, 

Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, 2003 

Marian Godeke Miller Lecture, IU HPER, Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, 

2005 

Mary and Butch Slaughter Lecture & Curry Centennial Speaker Series, University 

of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 2005. 

The Wenner-Wingate Lecture, McDaniel College, Westminister, MD, 2006. 

Robert S. Gordon, Jr. Lecture. National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, 2006. 

Joseph B. Wolffe Lecture. American College of Sports Medicine, Denver, CO, 

2006. 

Robert Levy Lecture. American Heart Association, Chicago, IL, 2006. 

International 19 th Puijo Symposium Honorary Lecture. Kuopio, FINLAND, 2007. 

Ramsey Lecture, The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 2008. 

Burris F. Husman Lecture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 2008. 

Vice-Chancellor’s Lecture, University of Auckland, New Zealand, 2012

OTHER ACTIVITIES 

1986-1993 Exercise Epidemiology Section Editor, Research Quarterly for Exercise and 

Sport 

1986-1999 Associate Editor, American Journal of Health Promotion 

1987-1991 Epidemiology and Disease Control Study Section, National Institutes of Health 

1989-Present Editorial Board, Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine 

1987-1998 Editorial Board, Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews 

1988-Present Editorial Board, Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise 

1989-Present Editorial Board, Current Issues in Exercise Science 

1991-1997 Advisory Board, Medicine, Exercise, Nutrition and Health 

1991-1997 Associate Editor, American Journal of Epidemiology 

1992-1995 Member-At-Large, Council on Epidemiology and Prevention, American Heart 

Association 

1993-1995 Editorial Board, MacMillan Health Encyclopedia 

1994-1996 Senior Scientific Editor, Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon 

General 

1995-1998 Editorial Board, Biological and Pedagogical Problems of Physical Education and 

Sport 

1996-1997 Honorary Chairman, National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity 

1996-1997 Editorial Board, British Journal of Sports Medicine 

1996-1997 Executive Volunteer Reviewer, Sports Medicine Bulletin 

1996-1998 Editorial Board, Frontiers in Bioscience 

1997-Present Medical/Scientific Advisory Council, IHRSA Institute on Exercise & Health 

1998-1999 First President, The National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity 

1999-2000 Honorary Advisor, Sports Medicine and Research Centre of the Singapore Sports 

Council 

2001-Present Editorial Board, The American Journal of Medicine & Sports

2002-Present Editorial Board, Current Sports Medicine reports 

2002-2006 Co-Editor in Chief , Journal of Physical Activity & Health 

2004-Present Editorial Advisory Board, Health 

2005-2007 Editorial Board, Active Living 

2007-2011 Physical Activity Section Editor, Current Cardiovascular Risk Reports 

2008-present Senior Associate Editor, British Journal of Sports Medicine 

External funding 

S Blair has had numerous grants and contracts from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and 

other organizations to support research and professional activities. Highlights include: 

Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study was funded for over 20 years by the National Institute on 

Aging (NIA)(AG06945) 

NIH funding for 5 randomized clinical trials from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute 

and NIA. 

Total research funding from the NIH for the above and other projects over the past 25+ years has 

been in the range of $25-30 million. 

Two projects were funded in 2006—both for 5 years and the total funding was over $6 million. 

Recent funding 

Project HEALTH—U.S. Department of Defense, via a subcontract from the Research Triangle 

Institute, Principal Investigator, $174,732 

Lifestyle Independence for Elders—National Institute on Aging, via a subcontract from the 

University of Florida, Principal Investigator, $100,149 

Swimming and Health—National Swimming Pool Foundation, Principal Investigator, $165,417 

Project LEAN—BodyMedia, Principal Investigator, $251,896 

Physical Activity and Childhood Obesity—National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, via a 

subcontract from the University of Bristol (UK), Principal Investigator, $42,706.00 

HYPGENE—National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, via subcontract from the Pennington 

Biomedical Research Center, Principal Investigator, $15,967 

Energy Balance—Unrestricted research grant from The Coca Cola Corporation, $2.5 million

PUBLICATIONS 

S Blair is one of the most highly cited exercise scientists. His work has been cited a total of 

more than 35,000 times, and is currently being cited >3000 times/year. His most highly 

cited research article (JAMA 1989) has been cited over 1700 times. Numerous articles have 

received >100 citations. 

1. Blair SN. Purposive physical education pays. J Health Phys Educ Rec, 1966; 23:47-49. 

2. Blair SN, Gatch W. Reliability of the ‘12 minute test’. SC J Health Phys Educ Rec, 

1969; Mar 1:11. 

3. Blair SN, McDonough J, Buskirk ER, Shephard R, Taylor HL, Neff P. Report on 

exercise evaluation. J SC Med Assn, 1969; Dec 65:71-74(Suppl #1). 

4. Parmley LF, Blair SN, Gazes PC, Giese WK, Summerall III, CP, Saunders DE (eds). 

Proceedings of the National Workshop on Exercise in the Prevention, Evaluation, and 

Treatment of Heart Disease. J SC Med Assn, 1969; Dec 65(Suppl #1). 

5. Blair SN. The effect of stimulus and movement complexity upon reaction time and 

movement time. In Kenyon GL, Grogg TM (eds.). Contemporary Psychology of Sport. 

Chicago, Athletic Institute, 1970. 

6. Blair SN. Some comments on "Why Exercise". SC J Health Phys Educ Rec, 1971; Mar 

3:19-21. 

7. Blair SN, Ellisor DB: Practical application of research findings. SC J Health Phys Educ 

Rec, 1971; Nov 4:12. 

8. Blair SN, Vincent ML. Variability of heart rate and blood pressure on consecutive days. 

Res Q Exercise Sport, 1971; 42:7-13. 

9. Blair SN, Hohn RC, Williams T. Practical application of research findings. SC J 

Health Phys Educ Rec 1972; Mar 4:15-17. 

10. Blair SN. What does scientific research indicate in regard to overweight SC J Health 

Phys Educ Rec, 1972; Dec 5:9-11. 

11. Blair SN. Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease. SC J Health Phys Educ Rec, 

1973; 5:10-11. 

12. Kiger RG, Blair SN. A physical fitness and cardiovascular risk factor screening 

program for state legislators. J SC Med Assn, 1974; 70:39-45. 

13. Keith JA, Spurgeon JH, Blair SN, Carter LW. Motivational differentials among 

physically active and inactive mature males as measured by the motivational analysis 

test. Res Q Exercise Sport, 1974; 45:217-223. 

14. Chandler JV, Langley TD, Blair SN. Movement times for jab and cross-over steps by 

high school football players. Res Q Exercise Sport, 1975; 46:147-152.

15. Blair SN. Fluid replacement during football practice. In Burke EJ (ed.). Toward an 

Understanding of Human Performance. Ithaca, Mouvement Publications, 1977. 

16. Blair SN, Foley JW, Rosenberg M, Giese WK, Martin JF. Coronary heart disease risk 

factors in the Columbia, S.C. area. J SC Med Assn, 1978; 74:445-449. 

17. Pate RR, Blair SN. Exercise and the prevention of atherosclerosis: Pediatric 

implications. In Strong WB (ed.). Atherosclerosis: Its Pediatric Aspects. New York. 

Grune and Stratton, 1978. 

18. Spurgeon JH, Blair, SN, Keith JA. Characteristics of successful and probationary 

football officials. Sports Med, 1978; 6:106-112. 

19. Blair SN. A total health fitness lifestyle. In Cundiff D (ed.). Implementation of Aerobic 

Programs. Washington, AAHPER, 1979 

20. Blair SN, Howe HG, Blair A, Pate RR, Rosenberg M, Parker GM. Life stress and 

health. J SC Med Assn, 1979; 75:331-334. 

21. Blair SN, Blair A, Spurgeon J, Keith J. Physiological and psychological changes 

associated with camping and hiking activity. SC J Health Phys Educ Rec, 1979; 12:20- 

23. 

22. Horowitz MJ, Hulley S, Alvarez W, Reynolds A, Benfari R, Blair S, Borhani N, 

Simon N. Life events, risk factors and coronary disease. Psychosomatics, 1979; 20:586- 

592. 

23. Blair SN, Pate RR, Blair A, Howe HG, Rosenberg M, Parker GM. Leisure time 

physical activity as an intervening variable in research. Health Educ, 1980; 11:8-11. 

24. Haskell WL, Blair SN. The physical activity component of health promotion programs 

in occupational settings. Pub Health Reports, 1980; 95:109-118. 

25. Blair SN, Blair A, Howe HG, Pate R, Rosenberg M, Parker GM. Leisure time 

physical activity and job performance. Res Q Exercise Sport, 1980; 51:718-723. 

26. Chandler JV, Blair SN. The effect of amphetamines on selected physiological 

components related to athletic success. Med Sci Sports, 1980; 12:65-69. 

27. Blair SN, Sargent R, Davidson D, Krejci R. Blood lipids and ECG responses to 

carbohydrate loading in male and female marathon runners. Sports Med, 1980; 8:68-75. 

28. Blair A, Blair SN, Howe HG, Pate RR, Rosenberg M, Parker GM, Pickle LW. 

Physical, psychological, and sociodemographic differences between smokers, exsmokers, 

and non-smokers in a working population. Prev Med, 1980; 9:747-759. 

29. Horowitz M, Hulley S, Alvarez W, Billings J, Benfari R, Blair SN, Borhani N, Simon 

N. News of risk for early heart disease as a stressful event. Psychomat Med, 1980; 

42:37-46.

30. Blair SN, Chandler JV, Ellisor DB, Langley T. Improving physical fitness by exercise 

training programs. South Med J, 1980; 73:1594-1596. 

31. Pollock ML, Blair SN. Exercise Prescription. J Phys Educ Rec, 1981; 53:30-35. 

32. Sargent RG, Blair SN, Magun JC, Krejci RC, Sacoco C, Langley TD, Taylor RL. 

Physical fitness and intraocular pressure. Am J Optom Physiol Optics, 1981;58:460-6. 

33. Blair SN, Blair A, Pate RR, et al. Interactions among dietary patterns, physical activity, 

and skinfold thickness. Res Q Exercise Sport, 1981; 52:505-11. 

34. Blair SN, Ellsworth NM, Haskell WH et al. Comparison of nutrient intake in middleaged 

men and women runners and controls. Med Sci Sports Exercise, 1981; 13:310-315. 

35. Blair SN, Carter LW, Keith JA, Spurgeon JH. An attempt to forecast successful and 

unsuccessful male physical education majors. SC J Health Phys Educ Rec Dance, 1981; 

14:9-11. 

36. Blair SN, Pate RR, McClenaghan BA. Current approaches to physical fitness 

education. In Kratochwill TR (ed.). Advances in School Psychology, Vol. II. Hillsdale, 

N.J. Lawrence Erlbaum, 1982. 

37. Clearie AF, Blair SN, Ward WB. The role of the physician in health promotion: 

findings from a community telephone survey. J SC Med Assn, 1982; 78:503-505. 

38. Blair SN. Effects of lifestyle on mortality. SC J Health Phys Educ Rec Dance, 1982; 

15(1):2-6. 

39. Blair SN. Exercise and coronary heart disease. Beh Med Update, 1982; 4:12-15. 

40. Wood PD, Haskell WL, Blair SN, Williams PT, Krauss RM, Lindgren FT, Albers 

JJ, Ho PH, Farquhar JW. Increased exercise level and plasma lipoprotein 

concentration. Metabolism, 1983; 32:31-39. 

41. Blair SN, Falls HB, Pate RR. A new physical fitness test. Sports Med, 1983; 11:87-95. 

42. Gibbons LW, Blair SN, Cooper KH, Smith M. Association between coronary heart 

disease risk factors and physical fitness in healthy adult women. Circulation, 1983; 

67:977-983. 

43. Blair SN, Cooper KH, Gibbons LW, Gettman LR, Lewis S, Goodyear N. 

Changes in coronary heart disease risk factors associated with increased treadmill time in 

753 men. Am J Epidemiol, 1983; 118:352-359. 

44. Dorociak JJ, Pate RR, Blair SN. Professional attitudes and health habits of the 

SCAHPERD membership. SC J Health, Phys Educ, Rec, Dance, 1983; 15(2):2-4.

45. Goodyear NN, Blair SN. An economical approach to verifying keypunch data. 

Proceedings of the Eighth Annual SAS Users Group. Cary, N.C. SAS Institute, 1983, pp. 

396-401. 

46. Ludwig DA, Blair SN. Obtaining part and bipartial canonical correlation estimates from 

PROC CANCORR: a biomedical application. In proceedings of the Eighth Annual SAS 

Users Group. Cary, N.C. SAS Institute, 1983, pp. 708-710. 

47. Jackson KL, Salisbury ZT, Kronenfeld JJ, Davis KE, Blair SN. Management and 

evaluation of a large scale health promotion project in the public sector. Priorities in 

Health Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, DHHS publication no. (PHS) 81- 

1214, 1983. 

48. Blair SN. Revision of the American College of Sports Medicine Guidelines for Graded 

Exercise Testing and Exercise Prescription. J Cardiac Rehab, 1983; 3:517. 

49. Blair SN. How to assess exercise habits and physical fitness. In Matarazzo JD, Miller 

NE, Weiss SM, Herd JA, Weiss SM (eds.). Behavioral Health: A Handbook of Health 

Enhancement and Disease Prevention. John Wiley & Sons. 1984, pp 424-47. 

50. Pate RR, Blair SN. Physical fitness programming at the worksite. Prev Med, 1983; 

12:632-643. 

51. Collingwood TR, Hubbard D, Bernstein I, Blair SN. Canonical correlations between 

clinical and psychological variables. J Cardiac Rehab, 1983; 3:706-711. 

52. Williams PT, Wood PD, Krauss RM, Haskell WL, Vranizan KM, Blair SN, Terry R, 

Farquhar JW. Does weight loss cause the exercise-induced increase in plasma high 

density lipoproteins Atherosclerosis, 1983; 47:173-185. 

53. Germain NW, Blair SN. Variability of shoulder flexion with age, activity, and sex. Am 

Corr Ther J, 1983; 37:156-160. 

54. Blair SN. Seven day physical activity recall. In Gunn WJ et al (eds.). A Handbook to 

Evaluate Physical Fitness Programs. Centers for Disease Control, Center for Health 

Promotion and Education, Atlanta, 1983. 

55. Blair SN, Collingwood TR, Reynolds R, Smith M, Hagan RD, Sterling CL. Health 

promotion for educators: impact on health behaviors, satisfaction, and general wellbeing. 

Am J Pub Health, 1984; 74:147-149. 

56. Blair SN, Lavey RS, Goodyear N, Gibbons LW, Cooper KH. Physiologic responses 

to maximal graded exercise testing in apparently healthy white women aged 18-75 years. 

J Cardiac Rehab, 1984; 4:459-68. 

57. Davis KE, Jackson KL, Kronenfeld JJ, Blair SN. Intent to participate in worksite 

health promotion activities: a model of risk factors and psychological variables. Health 

Educ Q, 1984; 11:361-377.

58. Blair SN, Collingwood TR, Smith M, Upton J, Sterling CL. Review of a health 

promotion program for school employees. Spec Serv Schools, 1985; 1:89-97. 

59. Blair SN, Goodyear NN, Gibbons LW, Cooper KH. Physical fitness and the incidence 

of hypertension in healthy, normotensive men and women. JAMA, 1984; 252:487-490. 

(Also selected for publication and translated for the French and German editions of 

JAMA.) 

60. Blair SN, Goodyear NN, Wynne KL, Saunders RP. Comparisons of dietary and 

smoking habit changes in physical fitness improvers and nonimprovers. Prev Med, 1984; 

13:411-420. 

61. Blair SN, Jacobs DR, Jr., Powell KE. Relationships between exercise or physical 

activity and other health behaviors. Pub Health Rep, 1985; 100:172-180. 

62. Sallis JF, Haskell WL, Wood PD, Fortman SP, Rogers T, Blair SN, Paffenbarger 

RS. Physical activity assessment methodology in the Five City Project. Am J Epidemiol, 

1985; 121:91-106. 

63. Kannel WB, Wilson P, Blair SN. Epidemiologic assessment of the role of physical 

activity and fitness in the development of cardiovascular disease. Am Heart J, 1985; 

109:876-885. 

64. Blair SN, Haskell WL, Ho P, Paffenbarger RS, Vranizan KM, Farquhar JW, Wood 

PD. Assessment of habitual physical activity by a seven-day recall in a community 

survey and controlled experiments. Am J Epidemiol, 1985; 122:794-804. 

65. Blair SN. Physical activity leads to fitness and pays off. Sports Med, 1985; 13(3):153- 

157. 

66. Williams PT, Haskell WL, Vranizan KM, Blair SN, Krauss RM, Superko HR, 

Albers JJ, Frey-Hewitt B, Wood PD. Associations of resting heart rate with 

concentrations of lipoprotein subfractions in sedentary men. Circulation, 1985; 71:441- 

449. 

67. Duncan JJ, Farr JE, Upton SJ, Hagan RD, Oglesby ME, Blair SN. The effects of 

aerobic exercise on plasma catecholamines and blood pressure in patients with mild 

essential hypertension. JAMA, 1985; 254:2609-2613. 

68. Weber DG, Kohl HW, Blair SN. An automated system for assessing physical fitness in 

school children. In Health Statistics Make a Difference. National Center for Health 

Statistics, Hyattsville, MD. DHHS pub. no. (PHS) 86-1214, 1985. pp. 145-148. 

69. Blair SN, Smith M, Collingwood TR, Reynolds R, Prentice MC, Sterling CL. 

Health promotion for educators: impact on absenteeism. Prev Med, 1986; 15:166-175. 

70. Blair SN, Piserchia PV, Wilbur CS, Crowder JH. A public health intervention model 

for worksite health promotion: impact on exercise and physical fitness in the Live for 

Life Program after 24 months. JAMA, 1986; 255:921-926.

71. Powell KE, Kohl HW, Caspersen CJ, Blair SN. An epidemiological perspective on the 

causes of running injuries. Sports Med, 1986; 14:100-114. 

72. Rogers T, Blair SN. Exercise programs at the worksite. Focal Points, 1986; 2:12-13. 

73. Blair SN, Kohl HW, Powell KE. Physical activity, physical fitness, exercise, and the 

public's health. In Safrit MJ, Eckert HM (eds.). The Cutting Edge in Physical Education 

and Exercise Science Research. Human Kinetics Publishers, Champaign, IL, 1987, pp. 

53-69. 

74. Blair SN, Oberman A. Epidemiologic analysis of coronary heart disease and exercise. 

Cardiol Clin, 1987; 5:271-283. 

75. Davis KE, Jackson KL, Kronenfeld JJ, Blair SN. Determinants of participation in 

worksite health promotion activities. Health Educ Q, 1987; 14:195-205. 

76. Kronenfeld JJ, Jackson K, Blair SN, Davis K, Gimarc JD, Salisbury Z, Maysey D, 

McGee JG. Evaluating health promotion: a longitudinal quasi-experimental design. 

Health Educ Q, 1987; 14:123-129. 

77. Blair SN, Mulder RT, Kohl HW. Reaction to "Secular trends in adult physical activity: 

exercise boom or bust" Res Q Exercise Sport, 1987; 58:106-110. 

78. Collingwood TR, Bernstein IH, Blair SN. The interrelation of coronary heart disease 

risk factors: a factor analysis of 23 variables. J Cardiopulmonary Rehabil, 1987; 7:234- 

238. 

79. Kronenfeld JJ, Maysey D, McGee JG, Gimarc JD, Jackson KL, Blair SN, Salisbury 

Z. A public sector health promotion program. Int Q Comm Health Educ, 1987; 2:167- 

172. 

80. Cooper KH, Blair SN. Exercise and physical conditioning. Encyclopedia Britannica 

(Macropaedia), 1987; 28-32. 

81. Blair SN, Kohl HW, Goodyear NN. Rates and risks for running and exercise injuries: 

studies in three populations. Res Q Exercise Sport, 1987; 58:221-228. 

82. Blair SN. Exercise within a healthy lifestyle. In Dishman RK (ed.). Exercise 

Adherence: Its Impact on Public Health. Human Kinetics Books, Champaign, IL, 1988, 

pp. 75-89. 

83. Blair SN, Mitchell BS. Cost effectiveness of worksite health promotion programs. In, 

Oldridge NB, Foster C, and Schmidt DH (eds.). Clinical Exercise Programs: Theory 

and Practice. Mouvement Publications, Ithaca NY, 1988, pp. 283-297. 

84. McBride P, Blair SN. Pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions for 

dyslipidemias. In Hall LK and Meyer GC (eds.). Cardiac Rehabilitation: Exercise 

Testing and Prescription. Life Enchancement Publications, Champaign, IL, 1988, 

pp.345-371.

85. Blair SN, Tretsch L, Kutsch S. Worksite health promotion for school faculty and staff. 

J School Health, 1987; 57:469-473. 

86. Blair SN, Ludwig DA, Goodyear NN. A canonical analysis of central and peripheral 

subcutaneous fat distribution and coronary heart disease risk factors in men and women 

aged 18-65 years. Human Biol, 1988; 60:111-122. 

87. Simons-Morton BG, Parcel GS, O'Hara NM, Blair SN, Pate RR. Health-related 

physical fitness in childhood: status and recommendations. Ann Rev Public Health, 

1988; 9:403-425. 

88. Blair SN, Painter P, Pate RR, Smith LK, Taylor SB (eds.). Resource Manual for 

Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, 1988. 

89. Mitchell BS, Blair SN. Evaluation of preventive and rehabilitative exercise programs. 

In Blair SN et al (eds.). Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise Testing and 

Prescription. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, 1988, pp. 414-420. 

90. Kronenfeld JJ, Jackson KL, Davis KE, Blair SN. Changing health practices: the 

experience from a worksite health promotion project. Soc Sci Med, 1988; 26:515-523. 

91. Kohl HW, Blair SN, Paffenbarger RS Jr, Macera CA, Kronenfeld JJ. A mail survey 

of physical activity habits as related to measured physical fitness. Am J Epidemiol, 1988; 

127:1228-1239. 

92. Blair SN. Exercise, health, and longevity. In Lamb DR and Murray R (eds.). 

Perspectives in Exercise Science and Sports Medicine Volume I: Prolonged Exercise. 

Benchmark Press, Indianapolis, 1988, pp. 443-484. 

93. Clark DG, Blair SN, Culan MR. Are HPE teachers good role models J Phys Educ 

Recreation, 1988; 59(7):76-80. 

94. Clark DG, Blair SN. Physical activity and prevention of obesity in childhood. In 

Krasnegor NA, Grave GD, and Kretchmer N (eds.). Childhood Obesity: A 

Biobehavioral Perspective. Telford Press, Caldwell, NJ, 1988, pp. 121-142. 

95. Gordon NF, Blair SN. Cardiovascular and muscular benefits of exercise training. 

Practitioner's Consult, 1988; 2(2):1-10. 

96. Kronenfeld JJ, Goodyear N, Pate R, Blair N, Howe H, Parker G, Blair SN. The 

interrelationship among preventive health habits. Health Educ Res, 1988; 3:317-323. 

97. Kohl HW, LaPorte RE, Blair SN. Physical activity and cancer: an epidemiological 

perspective. Sports Med, 1988; 6:222-237. 

98. King AC, Haskell WL, Houston-Miller N, Blair SN (eds.). Promotion of Physical 

Activity in the Community: A Manual for Community Health Professionals. The Henry 

J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Menlo Park, 1988.

99. Blair SN, Brill, PA, Kohl HW. Physical activity patterns in older individuals. In 

Spirduso WW and Eckert HM (eds.). Physical Activity and Aging. Human Kinetics, 

Champaign, 1989, pp. 120-139. 

100. Gibbons LW, Blair SN. Healthy adults. In Franklin BA, Gordon SG, and Timmis GC 

(eds.). Exercise in Modern Medicine. Williams and Wilkins, Baltimore, 1989, pp. 22-32. 

101. Blair SN, Kannel WB, Kohl HW, Goodyear NN, Wilson PWF. Surrogate measures of 

physical activity and physical fitness: evidence for sedentary traits of resting tachycardia, 

obesity, and low vital capacity. Am J Epidemiol, 1989; 129:1145-1156. 

102. Blair SN, Clark DG, Cureton KJ, Powell KE. Exercise and fitness in childhood: 

implications for a lifetime of health. In Gisolfi CV and Lamb DR (eds.). Perspectives in 

Exercise Science and Sports Medicine Volume 2: Youth, Exercise, and Sport. 

Benchmark Press, Indianapolis, 1989, pp. 401-430. 

103. Cooper KH, Blair SN, Gordon NF. Oxygen and Athletes. JAMA, 1989; 262:264. 

104. Stephens T, Jackson K, Garrison C, Blair S, Kronenfeld J. Smoking behaviors and 

attitudes in the workplace. Health Education Research, 1989; 4:245-249. 

105. Blair SN, Kohl HW, Barlow CE. Physical activity, physical fitness and blood pressure. 

In Kvist M (ed.). Paavo Nurmi Congress Book. Finnish Society of Sports Medicine, 

Turku, Finland, 1989, pp. 118-120. 

106. Brill PA, Burkhalter HE, Kohl HW, Blair SN, Goodyear NN. The impact of previous 

athleticism on exercise habits, physical fitness, and coronary heart disease risk factors in 

middle-aged men. Res Q Exercise Sport, 1989; 60:209-215. 

107. Macera CA, Jackson KL, Hagenmaier GW, Kronenfeld JJ, Kohl HW, Blair SN. 

Age, physical activity, physical fitness, body composition, and incidence of orthopedic 

problems. Res Q Exercise Sport, 1989; 60:225-233. 

108. Gibbons L, Blair SN, Kohl HW, Cooper K. The safety of maximal exercise testing. 

Circulation, 1989; 80:846-852. 

109. Blair SN, Kohl HW III, Paffenbarger RS Jr, Clark DG, Cooper KH, Gibbons LW. 

Physical fitness and all-cause mortality: a prospective study of healthy men and women. 

JAMA, 1989; 262:2395-2401. 

110. Blair SN, Kohl HW. Measurement and evaluation of health behaviors in relationship to 

physical fitness and physical activity patterns. In National Center for Health Statistics. 

Assessing Physical Fitness and Physical Activity in Population-Based Surveys. TF 

Drury, ed. DHHS Pub No. (PHS) 89-1253. Public Health Service. Washington, U.S. 

Government Printing Office, 1989, pp. 527-545. 

111. Blair SN, Kohl HW, Brill PA. Behavioral adaptation to physical activity. In Bouchard 

C, Shephard RJ, Stephens T, Sutton JR, McPherson BD (eds.). Exercise, Fitness, and 

Health: A Consensus of Current Knowledge. Human Kinetics, Champaign, 1990, pp. 

385-398.

112. Blair SN, Gordon NF, Villegas J. Exercise in the primary prevention of ischemic heart 

disease. In Torg JS, Welsh RP, Shephard RJ (eds.). Current Therapy in Sports Medicine 

-2. B.C. Decker, Toronto, 1990, pp. 79-85. 

113. Blair SN, Kohl HW, Barlow CE. Physical fitness and mortality: Implications for 

health. In: Morozov VI, Osipova HE (eds.). Leningrad Research Institute of Physical 

Culture, Leningrad, USSR, 1990, pp. 59-67. 

114. Kriska AM, Knowler WC, LaPorte RE, Drash AL, Wing RR, Blair SN, Bennett PH, 

Kuller LH. Development of questionnaire to examine relationship of physical activity 

and diabetes in Pima Indians. Diabetes Care, 1990; 13(4):401-411. 

115. Kohl HW, Gibbons LW, Gordon NF, Blair SN. An empirical evaluation of the ACSM 

Guidelines for Exercise Testing. Med Sci Sports Exercise, 1990; 22(4):533-539. 

116. Barlow CE, Brill PA, Blair SN, Kohl HW. Practical advice on fitness and mortality: A 

new approach to exercise prescription. Am J Health Promotion, 1990; 4(5):391-393. 

117. Hartung GH, Kohl HW, Blair SN, Lawrence SJ, Harrist RB. Exercise tolerance and 

alcohol intake: blood pressure relation. Hypertension, 1990; 16:501-507. 

118. Blair SN. Exercise and health. Sports Science Exchange, 1990; 3(29). 

119. Macera CA, Jackson KL, Davis DR, Kronenfeld JJ, Blair SN. Patterns of nonresponse 

to a mail survey. J Clin Epidemiol, 1990; 43(12):1427-1430. 

120. Jackson AS, Blair SN, Mahar MT, Wier LT, Ross RM, Stuteville JE. Prediction of 

functional aerobic capacity without exercise testing. Med Sci Sports Exercise, 1990; 

22:863-870. 

121. Gordon NF, Scott CB, Wilkinson WJ, Duncan JJ, Blair SN. Exercise and mild 

essential hypertension: Recommendations for adults. Sports Med, 1990; 10(6):390-404. 

122. Blair SN, Kohl HW, Barlow CE. Low levels of physical activity and physical fitness as 

risks for hypertension and all-cause mortality. In: Broeckaert, L (ed.). Sportmedische 

Tijdingen, 9e Limburgs Congres Voor Sportgeneeskunde, The Netherlands, 1991, pp. 

371-379. 

123. Blair SN. Living with Exercise. Dallas: American Health Publishing Company, 1991, 

119 pp. 

124. Blair SN, Dowda M, Pate RR, Kronenfeld J, Howe Jr. HG, Parker G, Blair A, 

Fridinger F. Reliability of long-term recall of participation in physical activity by 

middle-aged men and women. Am J Epidemiol,1991; 133:266-275. 

125. Blair SN. Weight-loss through physical activity. The Weight Control Digest, 1991; 

Jan/Feb 1(2).

126. Brill PA, Kohl HW, Rogers T, Collingwood TR, Sterling CL, Blair SN. The 

relationship between sociodemographic characteristics and recruitment, retention, and 

health improvements in a worksite health promotion program. Am J Health Promotion, 

1991; 5(3):215-221. 

127. Blair SN, Kohl HW. What are the benefits of occupational exercise promotion 

programs In: Oja, P, Telama, R (eds.) Sport for All. Amsterdam, Elsevier Science 

Publishers, 1991; 225-232. 

128. Szymanski L, Pate RR, Dowda M, Blair SN, Howe Jr. HH, Parker G, Blair A. A 

comparison of questionnaire and physiological data in predicting future chronic disease 

risk factor status in an employee population. Am J Health Promotion, 1991; 5(4):298- 

304. 

129. Blair SN, Kohl HW, Barlow CE, Gibbons LW. Physical fitness and all-cause 

mortality in hypertensive men. Ann Med, 1991; 23:307-312. 

130. Kohl HW, Blair SN. Of ligaments, joints, and epidemics: the challenge of sports 

medicine and epidemiology. Clin J Sport Med, 1991; 1:223-224. 

131. Blair SN. Energy balance: the energy expenditure side. The Weight Control Digest, 

1991; Nov/Dec:114-116. 

132. Kohl HW, III, Powell KE, Gordon NF, Blair SN, Paffenbarger RS Jr. Physical 

activity, physical fitness, and sudden cardiac death. Epidemiol Rev, 1992; 14:37-58. 

133. Kohl HW, Villegas JA, Gordon NF, Blair SN. Cardiorespiratory fitness, glycemic 

status, and mortality risk in men. Diabetes Care, 1992; 15(2):184-192. 

134. Blair SN, Kohl HW, Gordon NF. Physical activity and health: A lifestyle approach. 

Med Exerc Nutr Health, 1992; 1:54-57. 

135. Gordon NF, Kohl HW, Scott CB, Gibbons LW, Blair SN. Reassessment of the 

guidelines for exercise testing: What alterations to current recommendations are 

required Sports Med, 1992; 13(5):293-302. 

136. Brill PA, Kohl HW, Blair SN. Anxiety, depression, physical fitness, and all-cause 

mortality in men. J Psychosom Res, 1992; 36(3):267-273. 

137. Blair SN, Kohl HW, Gordon NF, Paffenbarger RS. How much physical activity is 

good for health Ann Rev Public Health, 1992; 13:99-126. 

138. King AC, Blair SN, Bild DE, Dishman RK, Dubbert PM, Marcus BH, Oldridge NB, 

Paffenbarger RS, Powell KE, Yeager KK. Determinants of physical activity and 

interventions in adults. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 1992; 24(6):S221-S236. 

139. Blair SN. Are American children and youth fit The need for better data. Res Q Exerc 

Sport, 1992; 63(2):120-123.

140. Rippe JM, Blair SN, Freedson P, Micheli LJ, Morrow JR Jr., Pate R, Plowman S, 

Rowland T. Childhood health and fitness in the United States: Current status and future 

challenges. Part I, of a roundtable discussion at the American College of Sports 

Medicine, Orlando, Florida, May 30, 1992. Med Exerc Nutr Health, 1992; 1(2):97-104. 

Part II of a roundtable discussion at the American College of Sports Medicine, Orlando, 

Florida, May 30, 1991. Med Exerc Nutr Health, 1992; 1(3):171-180. 

141. Blair SN (member). Task Force 3: Implications with respect to intervention and 

prevention. Health Psychology, 1992; 11(Suppl):17-25. 

142. Blair SN. Assessment of physical activity in clinical and epidemiological research. 

Health Psychology, 1992; 11(Suppl):48. 

143. Kohl HW, Gordon NF, Scott CB, Vaandrager H, Blair SN. Musculoskeletal strength 

and serum lipid levels in men and women. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 1992; 24:1080-1087. 

144. Fletcher GF, Blair SN, Blumenthal J, Caspersen C, Chaitman B, Epstein S, Falls H, 

Sivarajan-Froelicher ES, Froelicher VF, Pina IL. AHA Statement on Exercise: 

Benefits and recommendations for physical activity programs for all Americans. 

Circulation, 1992; 86:340-344. 

145. Paffenbarger RS Jr, Blair SN, Lee I-M, Hyde RT. Measurement of physical activity 

to assess health effects in free-living populations. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 1993; 25(1):60- 

70. 

146. Gordon NF, Kohl HW III, Blair SN. Life style exercise: A new strategy to promote 

physical activity for adults. J Cardiopulmonary Rehabil, 1993; 13:161-63. 

147. Lloyd PJ, Blair SN, Mitchell BS. Evaluation of preventive and rehabilitative exercise 

programs. In: Durstine JL et al, (eds). ACSM's Resource Manual for Guidelines for 

Exercise Testing and Prescription, Second Edition. Philadelphia, Lea & Febiger, 1993, 

pp. 551-561. 

148. Blair SN. Evidence for success of exercise in weight loss and control. Ann Int Med, 

1993; 119:702-706. 

149. Blair SN, Shaten J, Brownell K, Collins G, Lissner L. Body-weight change, all-cause 

and cause-specific mortality in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial. Annals of Int 

Med,1993; 119:749-757. 

150. Blair SN, Powell KE, Bazzarre TL, Early JL, Epstein LH, Green LW, Harris SS, 

Haskell WL, King AC, Koplan J, Marcus B, Paffenbarger RS, Yeager KK. AHA 

Prevention Conference III, Behavior Change and Compliance: Keys to Improving 

Cardiovascular Health. Physical inactivity: Workshop V. Circulation,1993; 88:1402- 

1405. 

151. Blair SN, Kohl HW, Barlow CE. Physical activity, physical fitness, and all-cause 

mortality in women: Do women need to be active J Am Coll Nutr, 1993; 12:368-371.

152. Hagberg JM, Blair SN, Ehasani AA, Gordon NF, Kaplan N, Tipton CM, Zambraski 

EJ. Position Stand: Physical activity, physical fitness, and hypertension. Med Sci Sports 

Exerc, 1993; 25:i-x. 

153. Blair SN. 1993 C.H. McCloy Research Lecture: Physical activity, physical fitness, and 

health. Res Q Exer Sport,1993; 64:365-376. 

154. Blair SN, Kohl HW, Barlow CE. Cardiovascular fitness and cardiovascular disease. In 

Fletcher GF (eds.), Cardiovascular Response to Exercise. Futura Publishing, Mount 

Kisco NY, 1994; pp. 303-324. 

155. Blair SN. Sport Medicine Journal Club Commentary: Physical activity in middle age 

and subsequent knee osteoarthritis. Clin J Sports Med, 1993; 3:274. 

156. Blair SN, Brill PA, Barlow CE. Physical activity and disease prevention. In Quinney 

HA, Gauvin L, & Wall AET (eds.), Toward Active Living. Proceedings of the 

International Conference on Physical Activity, Fitness, and Health. Human Kinetics, 

Champaign, IL, 1994, pp. 25-31. 

157. Blair SN. Physical activity, fitness, and coronary heart disease. In Bouchard C, 

Shephard RJ, & Stephens T (eds.), Physical Activity, Fitness, and Health. International 

Proceedings and Consensus Statement. Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL, 1994, pp. 579- 

590. 

158. Franklin BA, Blair SN, Haskell WL, Thompson PD, Van Camp SP. Exercise and 

cardiac complications: Do the benefits outweigh the risks Roundtable at American 

College of Sports Medicine, Seattle, June 1993. Phys Sportsmed, 1994; 22(2):56-68. 

159. Blair SN. Physical activity interventions with children and youth. In Filer LJ, Jr., Lauer 

RM, & Luepker RV (eds.), Prevention of Atherosclerosis and Hypertension Beginning in 

Youth. Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia, 1994, pp. 273-280. 

160. Blair SN. Physical activity, fitness, and health. In Kotsonis FN & Mackey MA (eds.), 

Nutrition in the '90s (Vol 2). Marcel Dekker, New York, 1994, pp. 61-79. 

161. Blair SN, Meredith MD. The exercise-health relationship: Does it apply to children 

and youth In Pate RR & Hohn RC (eds.), Health and Fitness Through Physical 

Education. Human Kinetics, Champaign, 1994, pp.11-20. 

162. Kriska AM, Blair SN, Pereira MA. The potential role of physical activity in the 

prevention of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus: The epidemiological evidence. 

In Holloszy JO (ed.), Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews. Williams & Wilkins, 

Baltimore, 1994; pp. 121-143. 

163. Powell KE, Blair SN. The public health burdens of sedentary living habits: Theoretical 

but realistic estimates. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 1994; 26:851-856. 

164. Bokovoy JL, Blair SN. Aging and exercise: A health perspective. J Aging and Phys 

Activity, 1994; 2:243-260.

165. Blair SN. Noneconomic benefits of health promotion. In R. Kaman (ed), Worksite 

Health Promotion Economics: Consensus and Analysis. Human Kinetics, Champaign, 

1995, pp. 33-54. 

166. Paffenbarger RS Jr, Blair SN. Exercise in the primary prevention of coronary artery 

disease. In ML Pollock& DH Schmidt (eds.), Heart Disease and Rehabilitation, 3rd 

Edition. Human Kinetics, Champaign, 1994, pp.169-176. 

167. Blair SN, Wells CL, Weathers RD, Paffenbarger RS, Jr. Chronic disease: The 

physical activity dose-response controversy. In Dishman RK (ed.), Advances in Exercise 

Adherence. Human Kinetics, Champaign, 1994, pp. 31-54. 

168. Wei M, Macera CA, Davis DR, Hornung CA, Nankin HR, Blair SN. Total 

cholesterol and high density lipoprotein cholesterol as important predictors of erectile 

dysfunction. Am J Epidemiol, 1994; 140:930-937. 

169. Blair SN, Wood PD, Sallis, JF. Physical activity and health. Preventive Medicine, 

1994; 23: 558-559. 

170. Blair SN, Tremain BF. Exercise and preventive medicine. In JS Torg & RJ Shephard 

(eds.), Current Therapy in Sports Medicine. Mosby, St.Louis, 1995; pp.620-626. 

171. Jackson AS, Beard EF, Wier LT, Ross RM, Stuteville JE, Blair SN. Changes in 

aerobic power of men, ages 25-70 yr. Med Sci Sports Exer, 1995; 27:113-120. 

172. Pate RR, Pratt M, Blair SN, Haskell WL, Macera CA, Bouchard C, Buchner D, 

Ettinger W, Heath GW, King AC, Kriska A, Leon AS, Marcus BH, Morris J, 

Paffenbarger RS, Jr., Patrick K, Pollock ML, Rippe JM, Sallis J, Wilmore JH. 

Physical activity and public health: A recommendation from the CDC and ACSM. 

JAMA, 1995; 273:402-407. 

173. Blair SN. Youth fitness: Directions for future research. In Cheung LWY, & Richmond 

JB (eds.), Child Health, Nutrition, and Physical Activity. Human Kinetics, Champaign, 

IL, 1995; pp.147-152. 

174. Blair SN. Measurement of physical activity. In KD Brownell & CG Fairburn (eds.), 

Eating Disorders and Obesity: A Comprehensive Handbook. Guilford Publications, New 

York, 1995; pp.111-116. 

175. Blair SN, Kohl HW, Barlow CE, Paffenbarger RS Jr, Gibbons LW, Macera CA. 

Changes in physical fitness and all-cause mortality: A prospective study of healthy and 

unhealthy men. JAMA, 1995; 273:1093-1098. 

176. Blair SN, Connelly JC. How much physical activity should we do The case for 

moderate amounts and intensities of physical activity. In Killoran AJ, Fentem P, & 

Caspersen C (eds.), Moving On, International Perspectives on Promoting Physical 

Activity. Health Education Authority (Lon), 1994; pp.18-34. 

177. Smith SC, Jr, Blair SN, Criqui MH, Fletcher GF, Fuster V, Gersh BJ, Gotto AM, 

Gould KL, Greenland P, Grundy SM, Hill MN, Hlatky MA, Houston-Miller N,

Krauss RM, LaRosa J, Ockene IS, Oparil S, Pearson TA, Rapaport E, Starke RD. 

The Secondary Prevention Panel. Preventing heart attack and death in patients with 

coronary disease. Circulation, 1995; 92:2-4. 

178. Smith SC, Jr, Blair SN, Criqui MH, Fletcher GF, Fuster V, Gersh BJ, Gotto AM, 

Gould KL, Greenland P, Grundy SM. AHA consensus panel statement. Preventing 

heart attack and death in patients with coronary disease. The Secondary Prevention Panel. 

J Am Coll Cardiol, 1995; 26:292-294. 

179. Stern JS, Hirsch J, Blair SN, Foreyt JP, Frank A, Kumanyika SK, Madans JH, 

Marlatt GA, St Jeor ST, Stunkard AJ. Weighing the options: Criteria for evaluating 

weight-management programs. The Committee to Develop Criteria for Evaluating the 

Outcomes of Approaches to Prevent and Treat Obesity. Obes Res, 1995; 3:591-604. 

180. Dunn AL, Carpenter RA, Blair SN. A lifestyle approach to becoming physically 

active. The Weight Control Digest, 1995; 5:425, 428-428. 

181. Blair SN. Exercise prescription for health. Quest, 1995; 47:338-353. 

182. Blair SN, Bouchard C, Gyarfas I, Hollmann W, Iwane H, Knuttgen HG, Luschen G, 

Mester J, Morris JN, Paffenbarger RS, Renstrom P, Sonnenschein W, Vuori I. 

Exercise for health. Bull World Health Organ, 1995; 73:135-136. 

183. Blair SN, Kohl HW, III. Invited commentary on "Physical activity as an index of heart 

attack risk in college alumni." Am J Epidemiol, 1995; 142:1-2. 

184. Wei M, Macera CA, Hornung CA, Blair SN. The impact of changes in coffee 

consumption on serum cholesterol. J Clin Epidemiol, 1995; 48:1189-1196. 

185. Whaley MH, Blair SN. Epidemiology of physical activity, physical fitness and coronary 

heart disease. J Cardiovasc Risk, 1995; 2:289-295. 

186. Barlow CE, Kohl HW, III, Gibbons LW, Blair SN. Physical fitness, mortality and 

obesity. Int J Obes (Lond), 1995; 19 Suppl. 4:S41-S44. 

187. Gordon NF, Kohl HW III, Pollock ML, Vaandrager H, Gibbons LW, Blair SN. 

Cardiovascular safety of maximal strength testing in healthy adults. Am J Cardiol, 1995; 

76:850-853. 

188. Blair SN, Hardman A. Physical activity, health, and well-being: An international 

scientific consensus conference, Quebec City, May 19-21, 1995. Res Q Exerc Sport, 

1995; 66:ii. 

189. Blair SN. Actividad Física, Condición Física Y Salud. In: Luna PV, Clemente MA, eds. 

Actas Congreso Científico Olímpico - 1992: Biomecánica y Cineantropometría Deporte y 

Documentación. Santa Rosa de Lima, Málaga: 1995:171-179. 

190. Blair SN. Physical inactivity and cardiovascular disease risk in women. Med Sci Sports 

Exerc, 1996; 28:9-10.

191. Oliveria SA, Kohl HW III, Trichopoulos D, Blair SN. The association between 

cardiorespiratory fitness and prostate cancer. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 1996; 28:97-104. 

192. Blair SN, Horton E, Leon AS, Lee I, Drinkwater BL, Dishman RK, Mackey M, 

Kienholz ML. Physical activity, nutrition, and chronic disease. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 

1996; 28:335-349. 

193. Blair SN, Brownell KD, Hager DL, Marlatt GA, O'Neil PM, Rhodes SK, St. Jeor S, 

Wolfe BL. Exercise and physical activity. In: Wolfe BL, ed. The lifestyle counselor's 

guide for weight control. Dallas, TX: American Health Publishing Company, 1996; 262- 

319. 

194. Blair SN, Booth M, Gyarfas I, Iwane H, Marti B, Matsudo V, Morrow MS, Noakes 

T, Shephard R. Development of public policy and physical activity initiatives 

internationally. Sports Med, 1996; 21:157-163. 

195. Blair SN. The future of sports medicine. Br J Sports Med, 1996; 30:2-3. 

196. Kohl HW III, Nichaman MZ, Frankowski RF, Blair SN. Maximal exercise 

hemodynamics and risk of mortality in apparently healthy men and women. Med Sci 

Sports Exerc, 1996; 28:601-609. 

197. Blair SN, Garcia ME. Get up and move: A call to action for older men and women. J 

Am Geriatr Soc, 1996; 44:599-600. 

198. Blair SN, Connelly JC. How much physical activity should we do The case for 

moderate amounts and intensities of physical activity. Res Q Exerc Sport, 1996; 67:193- 

205. 

199. Jackson AS, Wier LT, Ayers GW, Beard EF, Stuteville JE, Blair SN. Changes in 

aerobic power of women, ages 20-64 yr. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 1996; 28:884-891. 

200. Blair SN, Kampert JB, Kohl HW III, Barlow CE, Macera CA, Paffenbarger RS Jr, 

Gibbons LW. Influences of cardiorespiratory fitness and other precursors on 

cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in men and women. JAMA, 1996; 

276:205-210. 

201. Fletcher GF, Balady G, Blair SN, Blumenthal J, Caspersen C, Chaitman B, Epstein 

S, Froelicher ESS, Froelicher VF, Pina IL, Pollock ML. Statement on exercise: 

Benefits and recommendations for physical activity programs for all Americans A 

statement for health professionals by the Committee on exercise and cardiac 

rehabilitation of the Council on Clinical Cardiology, American Heart Association. 

Circulation, 1996; 94:857-862. 

202. Galper DI, Blair SN. Physical activity intervention studies and socioeconomic status, in 

Report of the Conference on Socioeconomic Status and Cardiovascular Health and 

Disease, November 6-7, 1995. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; 

1996:167-172.

203. Ettinger WH, Mitchell BS, Blair SN. Fitness after 50. St. Louis, MO: Beverly Cracom 

Publications; 1996. 

204. Kampert JB, Blair SN, Barlow CE, Kohl HW III. Physical activity, physical fitness, 

and all-cause and cancer mortality: A prospective study of men and women. Ann 

Epidemiol, 1996; 6:452-7. 

205. Smith SC Jr, Blair SN, Criqui MH, Fletcher GF, Fuster V, Gersh BJ, Gotto AM, 

Gould KL, Greenland P, Grundy SM, Hill MN, Hlatky MA, Houston-Miller N, 

Krauss RM, LaRosa J, Ockene IS, Oparil S, Pearson TA, Rapaport E, Starke RD. 

Preventing heart attack and death in patients with coronary disease. Endorsed by the 

board of trustees of the American College of Cardiology. Cardiovasc Nurs, 1996; 32:26- 

28. 

206. Blair SN, Cooper KH. Dose of exercise and health benefits. Ann Intern Med, 1997; 

157:153-154. 

207. Blair SN, Morrow MS. Surgeon General's Report on physical fitness: The inside story. 

ACSM's Health and Fitness Journal, 1997; 1:14-18. 

208. Dunn AL, Blair SN. Exercise prescription, in Morgan WP (ed): Physical activity & 

mental health. Washington, D.C. Taylor & Francis, 1997; 49-62. 

209. Blair SN. Effects of physical activity on cardiovascular disease mortality independent of 

risk factors. In: Leon AS, ed. Physical activity and cardiovascular health: A national 

consensus. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 1997; 127-136. 

210. Garcia ME, Blair SN. Activity questionnaires in obesity assessment. In: St. Jeor ST, 

(ed.). Obesity assessment: Tools, methods, interpretations (a reference case: The RENO 

Diet-Heart Study). New York, NY: Chapman & Hall, 1997; 163-172. 

211. Andersen RE, Blair SN, Cheskin LJ, Bartlett SJ. Encouraging patients to become 

more physically active: The physician's role. Ann Intern Med, 1997; 127:395-400. 

212. Dunn AL, Marcus BH, Kampert JB, Garcia ME, Kohl HW 3rd, Blair SN. 

Reduction in cardiovascular disease risk factors: 6-month results from Project Active. 

Prev Med, 1997; Nov-Dec 26(6):883-92. 

213. Wei M, Macera CA, Hornung CA, Blair SN. Changes in lipids associated with change 

in regular exercise in free-living men. J Clin Epidemiol, 1997; 50:1137-1142. 

214. Blair SN, Lee I-M. Weight loss and risk of mortality. In: Bray GA, Bouchard C, James 

WPT, eds. Handbook of obesity. New York, NY: Marcel Dekker, Inc. 1998; 805-818. 

215. Matthews CE, Pate RR, Jackson KL, Ward DS, Macera CA, Kohl HW, Blair SN. 

Exaggerated blood pressure response to dynamic exercise and risk of future hypertension. 

J Clin Epidemiol, 1998; 51:29-35.

216. Kohl HW, III, Dunn AL, Marcus BH, Blair SN. A randomized trial of physical activity 

interventions: Design and baseline data from Project Active. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 1998; 

30:275-283. 

217. DiPietro L, Kohl HW, III, Barlow CE, Blair SN. Improvements in cardiorespiratory 

fitness attenuate age-related weight gain in healthy men and women: The Aerobics 

Center Longitudinal Study. Int J Obesity, 1998; 22:55-62. 

218. Farrell SW, Kampert JB, Kohl HW, Barlow CE, Macera CA, Paffenbarger RSJ, 

Gibbons LW, Blair SN. Influences of cardiorespiratory fitness levels and other 

predictors on cardiovascular disease mortality in men. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 1998; 

30:899-905. 

219. Haddock BL, Hopp HP, Mason JJ, Blix G, Blair SN. Cardiorespiratory fitness and 

cardiovascular disease risk factors in postmenopausal women. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 

1998; 30:893-898. 

220. Lloyd PJ, Hoover MW, Wheeler RJ, Blair SN. Managing the bottom line via 

managing employee stress. Psychologist-Manager J, 1998; 2:83-92. 

221. Blair SN, Applegate WB, Dunn AL, Ettinger WH, Haskell WL, King AC, Morgan 

TM, Shih JH, Simons-Morton DG. Activity Counseling Trial (ACT): Rationale, 

design, and methods. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 1998; 30:1097-1106. 

222. Dunn AL, Garcia ME, Marcus BH, Kampert JB, Kohl HW, III, Blair SN. Sixmonth 

physical activity and fitness changes in Project Active, a randomized trial. Med 

Sci Sports Exerc, 1998; 30:1076-1083. 

223. Blair SN, Wei M, Lee CD. Cardiorespiratory fitness determined by exercise heart rate 

as a predictor of mortality in the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study. J Sports Sci, 1998; 

16:S47-S55. 

224. Huang Y, Macera CA, Blair SN, Brill PA, Kohl HW III, Kronenfeld JJ. Physical 

fitness, physical activity, and functional limitation in adults aged 40 and older. Med Sci 

Sports Exerc, 1998; 30:1430-1435. 

225. King AC, Sallis JF, Dunn AL, Simons-Morton DG, Albright CA, Cohen S, Rejeski 

WJ, Marcus BH, Coday MC. Overview of the Activity Counseling Trial (ACT) 

intervention for promoting physical activity in primary health care settings. Med Sci 

Sports Exerc, 1998; 30:1086-1096. 

226. Lee CD, Jackson AS, Blair SN. US weight guidelines: Is it also important to consider 

cardiorespiratory fitness Int J Obesity, 1998; 22:S2-S7. 

227. Wei M, Gibbons LW, Mitchell TL, Kampert JB, Blair SN. Undiagnosed diabetes and 

impaired fasting glucose as predictors of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. 

CVD Prevention, 1998; 1:123-128.

228. Blair SN, Morrow JR Jr. Cooper Institute / The American College of Sports Medicine: 

1997 Physical Activity Interventions Conference. Am J Prev Med, 1998; 15:255-256. 

229. Jackson AW, Morrow JR Jr, Brill PA, Kohl HW 3rd, Gordon NF, Blair SN. 

Relations of sit-up and sit-and-reach tests to low back pain in adults. J Orthop Sports 

Phys Ther, 1998; Jan 27(1):22-6. 

230. Stofan JR, DiPietro L, Davis D, Kohl HW III, Blair S.N. Physical activity patterns 

associated with cardiorespiratory fitness and reduced mortality: The Aerobics Center 

Longitudinal Study. Am J Public Health, 1998; 88:1807-1803. 

231. Brodney S, Blair SN, Grilo CM. Fit and fat--Is it possible The Weight Control Digest, 

1999; 9:795,798-801. 

232. Dunn AL, Marcus BH, Kampert JB, Garcia ME, Kohl HW III, Blair SN. 

Comparison of lifestyle and structured interventions to increase physical activity and 

cardiorespiratory fitness: A randomized trial. JAMA, 1999; 281:327-334. 

233. Lee CD, Blair SN, Jackson AS. Cardiorespiratory fitness, body composition, and allcause 

and cardiovascular disease mortality in men. Am J Clin Nutr, 1999; 69:373-380. 

234. Morrow JR Jr, Blair SN. Telling our story to national audiences: Promoting the 

Surgeon General’s Report on Physical Activity and Health: Activities of the NCPPA 

Quest. 1999; 51:178-183. 

235. Taylor WC, Blair SN, Cummings SS, Wun CC. Childhood and adolescent physical 

actvity patterns and adult physical activity. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 1999; 31:118-123. 

236. Wei M, Gibbons LW, Mitchell TL, Kampert JB, Lee CD, Blair SN. The association 

between cardiorespiratory fitness and impaired fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes 

mellitus in men. Ann Intern Med, 1999; 130:89-96. 

237. Whaley MH, Kampert JB, Kohl HW III, Blair SN. Physical fitness and clustering of 

risk factors associated with the metabolic syndrome. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 1999; 

31:287-293. 

238. Morrow JR Jr, Jackson AW, Bazzarre TL, Milne D, Blair SN. A one-year follow-up 

to physical activity and health: A Report of the Surgeon General. Am J Prev Med, 1999; 

17:24-30. 

239. Mâsse LC, Fulton JE, Watson KL, Heesch KC, Kohl HW III, Blair SN, Tortolero 

SR. Detecting bouts of physical activity in a field setting. Res Q Exerc Sport, 1999; 

70:212-219. 

240. Brodney S, Blair SN. Trends in physical activity and obesity and related risks. In: 

Progress in Obesity Research: 8, Guy-Grand B, Ailhaud G, eds. London, England: John 

Libbey & Company Ltd., 1999; 449-451.

241. Dunn AL, Blair SN, Kampert JB, Marcus BH, Garcia ME, Kohl HW III. In reply. 

JAMA, 1999; 282:1516 

242. Wei M, Kampert JB, Barlow CE, Nichaman MZ, Gibbons LW, Paffenbarger RS Jr, 

Blair SN. Relationship between low cardiorespiratory fitness and mortality in normalweight, 

overweight, and obese men. JAMA, 1999; 282:1547-1553. 

243. Blair, SN, Brodney, S. Effects of physical inactivity and obesity on morbidity and 

mortality: Current evidence and research issues. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 1999; 31:S646- 

S662. 

244. Blair SN, Bouchard, C. Roundtable preface: Physical activity in the prevention and 

treatment of obesity and its comorbidities. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 1999; 31:S497. 

245. Bouchard, C, Blair, SN. Roundtable introduction: Introductory comments for the 

consensus on physical activity and obesity. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 1999; 31:S498-S501. 

246. Wei M, Gibbons LW, Mitchell TL, Kampert JB, Blair SN. Alcohol intake and 

incidence of type 2 diabetes in men. Diabetes Care, 2000; 23:18-22. 

247. Brill PA, Macera CA, Davis DR, Blair SN, Gordon N. Muscular strength and physical 

function. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2000; 32:412-416. 

248. Marcus BH, Dubbert PM, Forsyth LH, McKenzie TL, Stone EJ, Dunn AL, Blair 

SN. Physical activity behavior change: Issues in adoption and maintenance. Health 

Psych, 2000; 19:32-41. 

249. Leermakers EA, Dunn AL, Blair SN. Exercise management of obesity. Med Clin 

North Am, 2000; 84:419-440. 

250. Wei M, Gibbons LW, Kampert JB, Nichaman MZ, Blair SN. Low cardiorespiratory 

fitness and physical inactivity as predictors of mortality in men with type 2 diabetes. Ann 

Intern Med, 2000; 132:605-611. 

251. Cheng Y, Macera CA, Davis DR, Blair SN. Does physical activity reduce the risk of 

developing peptic ulcers Br J Sports Med, 2000; 34:116-121. 

252. Cheng Y, Macera CA, Davis DR, Ainsworth BE, Troped PJ, Blair SN. Physical 

actvity and self-reported, physician-diagnosed osteoarthritis: Is physical activity a risk 

factor J Clin Epidemiol, 2000; 53:315-322. 

253. Wei M, Gibbons LW, Mitchell TL, Kampert JB, Stern MP, Blair SN. Low fasting 

plasma glucose level as a predictor of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. 

Circulation, 2000; 101:2047-2052. 

254. Blair SN, Capuzzi DM, Gottlieb SO, Nguyen T, Morgan JM, Cater NB. Incremental 

reduction of serum total cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol with the 

addition of plant stanol ester-containing spread to statin therapy. Am J Cardiol, 2000; 

86:46-52.

255. Brodney S, Blair SN, Lee CD. Is it possible to be overweight or obese and fit and 

healthy Physical Activity and Obesity, Cotkin SJ, ed. Human Kinetics, 2000; 347-363. 

256. Gibbons LW, Mitchell TL, Wei M, Blair SN, Cooper KH. Maximal exercise test as a 

predictor of risk for mortality from coronary heart disease in asymptomatic men. Am J 

Cardiol, 2000; 86:53-58. 

257. Wei M, Schwertner HA, Blair SN. The association between physical activity, physical 

fitness, and type 2 diabetes mellitus. Compr Ther, 2000; 26:176-182. 

258. Sevick MA, Dunn AL, Morrow MS, Marcus BH, Chen GJ, Blair SN. Costeffectiveness 

of lifestyle and structured exercise interventions in sedentary adults: Results 

of Project ACTIVE. Am J Prev Med, 2000; 19:1-8. 

259. Welten DC, Carpenter RA, McPherson RS, Brodney S, Douglass D, Kampert JB, 

Blair SN. Comparison of a dietary record using reported portion size versus standard 

portion size for assessing nutrient intake. Public Health Nutr, 2000; 3:151-158. 

260. Welk GJ, Blair SN, Wood K, Jones S, Thompson RW. A comparative evaluation of 

three accelerometry-based physical activity monitors. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2000; 

32:S489-S497. 

261. Welk GJ, Differding JA, Thompson RW, Blair SN, Dziura J, Hart P. The utility of 

the Digi-walker step counter to assess daily physical activity patterns. Med Sci Sports 

Exerc, 2000; 32:S481-S488. 

262. Smolander J, Blair SN, Kohl HW, III. Work ability, physical activity, and 

cardiorespiratory fitness: 2-year results from Project Active. J Occup Environ Med, 

2000; 42:906-910. 

263. Blair SN, Wei M. Sedentary habits, health, and function in older women and men. Am J 

Health Prom, 2000; 15:1-8. 

264. Wilkinson, WJ, Kampert, JB, Blair, SN, Baumgartner, N, Constable, SH. Physical 

fitness & health: A comparative review of the USAF fitness program. Brooks AFB, TX: 

Force Enhancement Department, USAF School of Aerospace Medicine, 2000. 

(Publication no. SAM-FE-BR-TP-2000-0001). 

265. Felson DT, Lawrence RC, Hochberg MC, McAlindon T, Dieppe PA, Minor MA, 

Blair SN, Berman BM, Fries JF, Weinberger M, Lorig KR, Jacobs JJ, Goldberg V. 

Osteoarthritis: New Insights. Part 2: Treatment Approaches. Ann Intern Med, 2000; 

133:726-737. 

266. Welk GJ, Blair SN. Physical activity protects against the health risks of obesity. The 

President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports Research Digest, 2000; 3(12):1-6. 

267. Almeida MJ, Blair SN. Cardiovascular disease prevention by sports: myth or reality 

Kadiovaskulare Medizin, 2000; 3:503-9.

268. Dishman RK, Nakamura Y, Garcia ME, Thompson RW, Dunn AL, Blair SN. Heart 

rate variability, trait anxiety, and perceived stress among physically fit men and women. 

Int J Psychophysiol, 2000; Aug 37(2):121-33. 

269. Fulton JE, Masse LC, Tortolero SR, Watson KB, Heesch KC, Kohl HW, III, Blair 

SN, Caspersen CJ. Field evaluation of energy expenditure from continuous and 

intermittent walking in women. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2001; 33:163-170. 

270. Brodney S, McPherson RS, Carpenter RA, Welten D, Blair SN. Nutrient intake of 

physically fit and unfit men and men. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2001; 33:459-467. 

271. Klibanski A, Adams-Campbell L, Bassford T, Blair SN, Boden SD, Dickersin K, 

Gifford DR, Glasse L, Goldring SR, Hruska K, Johnson SR, McCauley LK, Russell 

WE. Osteoporosis prevention, diagnosis, and therapy. JAMA, 2001; 285:785-95. 

272. Lee I-M, Blair SN, Allison, DB, Folsom AR, Harris TB, Manson JE, Wing RR. 

Epidemiologic data on the relationships of caloric intake, energy balance, and weight 

gain over the life span with longevity and morbidity. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, 

2001; 56A(Special Issue):7-19. 

273. Blair SN (Section Editor), Garrett, Jr. WE, Lester GE, McGowan J, Kirkendall DT. 

General health issues in Women’s Health in Sports and Exercise. American Academy of 

Orthopaedic Surgeons Symposium, Rosemont, IL, 2001, pp. 385-427. 

274. Blair SN, Jackson AS. Guest Editorial to accompany Physical fitness and activity as 

separate heart disease risk factors: a meta-analysis by PT Williams. Med Sci Sports 

Exerc, 2001; 33:762-764. 

275. Blair SN, Cheng Y, Holder JS. Is physical activity or physical fitness more important 

in defining health benefits Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2001; 33:S379-S399. 

276. O’Neal HA, Blair SN. Enhancing adherence in clinical exercise trials. Quest, 

2001; 53:310-317. 

277. Hootman, JM, Macera CA, Ainsworth BE, Martin M, Addy CL, Blair SN. 

Association among physical activity level, cardiorespiratory fitness, and risk of 

musculoskeletal injury. Am J Epidemiology, 2001; 154(3):251-8. 

278. The Writing Group for the Activity Counseling Trial Research Group. (Simons- 

Morton DG, Blair SN, King AC, Morgan TM, Applegate WG, O’Toole M, Haskell WL, 

Albright CL, Cohen SJ, Ribisl PM, Shih JH). Effects of physical activity counseling in 

primary care: the Activity Counseling Trial: A randomized controlled trial. JAMA, 

2001; 286(6):677-687. 

279. Blair SN, Dunn AL, Marcus BH, Carpenter RA, Jaret P. Active Living Every Day - 

20 weeks to lifelong vitality. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics; 2001. 

280. Church TS, Kampert JB, Gibbons LW, Barlow CE, Blair SN. Usefulness of 

cardiorespiratory fitness as a predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality 

in men with systemic hypertension. Am J Cardiol, 2001; 88:651-656.

281. Church TS, Kampert JB, Wilkinson WJ, Dunn AL, Blair SN. Evaluating the 

reproducibility and validity of the Aerobic Adaptation Test. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2001; 

33:1770-1773. 

282. Smith SCJ, Blair SN, Bonow RO, Brass LM, Cerqueira MD, Dracup K, Fuster V, 

Gotto A, Grundy SM, Miller NH, Jacobs A, Jones D, Krauss RM, Mosca L, Ockene 

I, Pasternak RC, Pearson T, Pfeffer MA, Starke RD, Taubert KA. AHA/ACC 

Scientific Statement: AHA/ACC guidelines for preventing heart attack and death in 

patients with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: 2001 update: A statement for 

healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association and the American College 

of Cardiology. Circulation, 2001; 104:1577-1579. 

283. Almeida MJ, Blair SN. Energy assessment: physical activity, in Berdanier CD(ed): 

Handbook of Nutrition and Food, 2001; 737-755. 

284. Paffenbarger RS Jr, Blair SN, Lee I-M. A history of physical activity, cardiovascular 

health and longevity: the scientific contributions of Jeremy N Morris, DSc, DPH, FRCP. 

Int J Epidemiol, 2001; 30:1184-1192. 

285. Blair SN, Holder S. Exercise in the management of obesity, in Fairburn CG, Brownell 

KD (eds): Eating Disorders and Obesity Second Edition, 2002; 518-523. 

286. Blair SN, Leermakers E. Exercise and weight management, in Wadden TA, Stunkard 

AJ (eds). Handbook of Obesity Treatment, 2002; 283-300. 

287. Blair SN, Nichaman MZ. The public health problem of increasing prevalence rates of 

obesity and what should be done about it. Mayo Clin Proc, 2002; 77:109-113. 

288. Lee CD, Blair SN. Cardiorespiratory fitness and stroke mortality in men. Med Sci 

Sports Exerc, 2002; 34:592-595. 

289. Hootman JM, Macera CA, Ainsworth BE, Martin M, Addy CL, Blair SN. Predictors 

of lower extremity injury among recreationally active adults. Clin J Sport Med, 2002; 

12:99-106. 

290. Redberg RF, Greenland P, Fuster V, Pyorala K, Blair SN, Folsom AR, Newman AB, 

O'Leary DH, Orchard TJ, Psaty B, Schwartz JS, Starke R, Wilson PW. Prevention 

Conference VI: Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease: Writing Group III: risk assessment 

in persons with diabetes. Circulation, 2002; 105:e144-e152. 

291. Hootman JM, Macera CA, Ainsworth BE, Addy CL, Martin M, Blair SN. 

Epidemiology of musculoskeletal injuries among sedentary and physically active adults. 

Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2002; 34:838-844. 

292. Lee CD, Blair SN. Cardiorespiratory fitness and smoking-related and total cancer 

mortality in men. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2002; 34:735-739.

293. Farrell SW, Braun L, Barlow CE, Cheng YJ, Blair SN. The relation of body mass 

index, cardiorespiratory fitness, and all-cause mortality in women. Obes Res, 2002; 

10:417-423. 

294. Church TS, Finley CE, Earnest CP, Kampert JB, Gibbons LW, Blair SN. Relative 

associations of fitness and fatness to fibrinogen, white blood cell count, uric acid and 

metabolic syndrome. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord, 2002; 26:805-813. 

295. Dunn AL, Blair SN. Translating evidenced-based physical activity interventions into 

practice: The 2010 Challenge (Commentary). Am J Prev Med, 2002; 22(4S):8-9. 

296. Pearson,TA, Blair SN, Daniels SR, Eckel RH, Fair JM, Fortmann SP, Franklin BA, 

Goldstein LB, Greenland P, Grundy SM, Hong Y, Miller NH, Lauer RM, Ockene 

IS, Sacco RL, Sallis JF Jr, Smith SC Jr, Stone NJ, Taubert KA. AHA Guidelines for 

Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke: 2002 Update: Consensus 

Panel Guide to Comprehensive Risk Reduction for Adult Patients Without Coronary or 

Other Atherosclerotic Vascular Diseases. American Heart Association Science Advisory 

and Coordinating Committee. Circulation, 2002; 106:388-391. 

297. Rogers LQ, Macera CA, Hootman JM, Ainsworth BE, Blair SN. The association 

between joint stress from physical activity and self reported osteoarthritis: an analysis of 

the Cooper Clinic data. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage, 2002; 10:617-622. 

298. Church TS, Barlow CE, Earnest CP, Kampert JB, Priest EL, Blair SN. 

Associations between cardiorespiratory fitness and C-reactive protein in men. 

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol, 2002; 22:1869-1876. 

299. Cheng YJ, Macera CA, Church TS, Blair SN. Heart rate reserve as a predictor of 

cardiovascular and all-cause mortality in men. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2002; 34:1873- 

1878. 

300. The Scientific Program Committee. Physical activity across the cancer continuum: 

report of a workshop: review of existing knowledge; innovative design for future 

research. Cancer, 2002; 95:1134-1143. 

301. Nguyen-Duy TB, Nichaman MZ, Church TS, Blair SN, Ross R. Visceral fat and liver 

fat are independent predictors of metabolic risk factors in men. Am J Physiol Endocrinol 

Metab, 2003; Jun 284(6):E1065-71. 

302. Wilkinson WJ, Blair SN. Exercise, in Eckel RH, ed: Obesity Mechanisms and Clinical 

Management, Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2003:476-502. 

303. Saris WH, Blair SN, van Baak MA, Eaton SB, Davies PS, Di Pietro L, Fogelholm M, 

Rissanen A, Schoeller D, Swinburn B, Tremblay A, Westerterp KR, Wyatt H. How 

much physical activity is enough to prevent unhealthy weight gain Outcome of the 

IASO 1st Stock Conference and consensus statement. Obes Rev, 2003; May 4(2):101-14. 

304. Donnelly JE, Hill JO, Jacobsen DJ, Potteiger J, Sullivan DK, Johnson SL, Heelan K, 

Hise M, Fennessey PV, Sonko B, Sharp T, Jakicic JM, Blair SN, Tran ZV, Mayo M,

Gibson C, Washburn RA. Effects of a 16-month randomized controlled exercise trial 

on body weight and composition in young, overweight men and women: the Midwest 

Exercise Trial. Arch Intern Med, 2003; 163:1343-1350. 

305. Look Ahead Trial Research Group (Includes Blair SN). Look AHEAD (Action for 

Health in Diabetes): design and methods for a clinical trial of weight loss for the 

prevention of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes. Cont Clin Trials, 2003; 24:610- 

28. 

306. Cheng YJ, Lauer MS, Earnest CP, Church TS, Kampert JB, Gibbons LW, Blair 

SN. Heart rate recovery following maximal exercise testing as a predictor of 

cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in men with diabetes. 

Diabetes Care, 2003; Jul 26(7):2052-7. 

307. Thompson PD, Buchner D, Pina IL, Balady GJ, Williams MA, Marcus BH, Berra 

K, Blair SN, Costa F, Franklin B, Fletcher GF, Gordon NF, Pate RR, Rodriguez BL, 

Yancey AK, Wenger NK. Exercise and physical activity in the prevention and 

treatment of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: a statement from the council on 

clinical cardiology (subcommittee on exercise, rehabilitation, and prevention) and the 

council on nutrition, physical activity, and metabolism (subcommittee on physical 

activity). Circulation, 2003; 107:3109-3116. 

308. Cheng YJ, Church TS, Kimball TE, Nichaman NZ, Levine BD, McGuire DK, Blair 

SN. Comparison of coronary artery calcium detected by electron beam tomography in 

patients with to those without symptomatic coronary heart disease. Am J Cardiol, 2003; 

92:498-503. 

309. Schwartz MB, Chambliss HO, Brownell KD, Blair SN, Billington C. Weight bias 

among health professionals specializing in obesity. Obesity Research, 2003; 11(9):1033- 

9. 

310. Blair SN. Can obese individuals be fit and how does it affect their health, Chapter 8 in 

Medeiros-Neto G, Halpern A, Bouchard C, eds: Progress in Obesity Research: 9. Esher, 

Surrey, KT10 9QY, United Kingdom: John Libbey Eurotext Limited; 2003:40-43. 

311. Sawada SS, Muto T, Tanaka H, Lee IM, Paffenbarger RS Jr, Shindo M, Blair SN. 

Cardiorespiratory fitness and cancer mortality in Japanese men: a prospective study. Med 

Sci Sports Exerc, 2003; Sep 35(9):1546-50. 

312. Blair SN. Physical activity, epidemiology, public health, and the American College of 

Sports Medicine. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2003; Sep 35(9):1463. 

313. Blair SN. Special issue on obesity, lifestyle, and weight management. Obes Res, 2003; 

Oct 11 Suppl 1:1S-2S. 

314. Sawada SS, Lee IM, Muto T, Matuszaki K, Blair SN. Cardiorespiratory fitness and 

the incidence of type 2 diabetes: prospective study of Japanese men. Diabetes Care, 

2003; Oct 26(10):2918-22.

315. Cheng YJ, Macera CA, Addy CL, Sy FS, Wieland D, Blair SN. Effects of physical 

activity on exercise tests and respiratory function. Br J Sports Med, 2003; Dec 

37(6):521-528. 

316. Lee CD, Folsom AR, Blair SN. Physical activity and stroke risk: a meta-analysis. 

Stroke, 2003; Oct 34(10):2475-81. 

317. Blair SN, Franklin BA, Jakicic JM, Kibler WB. New vision for health promotion 

within sports medicine. Am J Health Promot, 2003; Nov-Dec 18(2):182-5. Review. 

318. Blair SN. Revisiting Fitness and Fatness as Predictors of Mortality. Commentary on 

Stevens J, Cai J, Evenson KR, Thomas R: Fitness and fatness as predictors of mortality 

from all causes and from cardiovascular disease in men and women in the Lipid Research 

Clinics Study. Am J Epidemiol, 2002; 156:832-841 and Clin J Sport Medicine, 2003; 

13(5)1-2. 

319. Church TS, Cheng YJ, Earnest CP, Barlow CE, Gibbons LW, Priest EL, Blair SN. 

Exercise capacity and body composition as predictors of mortality among men with 

diabetes. Diabetes Care, 2004; Jan 27(1):83-8. 

320. FitzGerald SJ, Barlow CE, Kampert JB, Morrow JR, Jackson AW, Blair SN. 

Muscular fitness and all-cause mortality: Prospective observations. J Physical Act 

Health, 2004; 1:7-18. 

321. Blair SN. Part A. Overview. Physical Activity and Health in Foster GD, Nonas CA 

(eds): Physical Activity Managing Obesity: A clinical guide. American Dietetic 

Association; 2004; 119-149. 

322. Blair SN, Church TS. The importance of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness 

for patients with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Spectrum, 2003; 16(4):236-240. 

323. Morss GM, Jordan AN, Skinner JS, Dunn AL, Church TS, Earnest CP, Kampert 

JB, Jurca R, Blair SN. Dose Response to Exercise in Women aged 45-75 yr (DREW): 

design and rationale. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2004; 36(2):336-44. 

324. Wilkinson WJ, Blair SN. Physical activity, obesity, and health outcomes (Chapter 42). 

Handbook of Obesity Etiology and Pathophysiology 2 nd Edition, 2004; 983-1004. 

325. Wong SL, Katzmarzyk P, Nichaman MZ, Church TS, Blair SN, Ross R. 

Cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with lower abdominal fat independent of body 

mass index. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2004; 36(2):286-91. 

326. Chambliss HO, Finley CE, Blair SN. Attitudes toward obese individuals among 

exercise science students. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2004; 36(3):468-474. 

327. Blair SN, LaMonte MJ, and Nichaman MZ. The evolution of physical activity 

recommendations: how much is enough Am J Clin Nutr, 2004; 79(5):913S-920S.

328. Farrell SW, Cheng YJ, and Blair SN. Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome across 

Cardiorespiratory Fitness Levels in Women. Obes Res, 2004; 12(5):824-830. 

329. Blair SN. Reflections on a visit to Australia – increasing physical activity as a health 

promotion priority. Health Promotion J of Australia, 2004; 15(1):9-10. 

330. Katzmarzyk PT, Church TS, Blair SN. Cardiorespiratory fitness attenuates the effects 

of the metabolic syndrome on all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in men. 

Arch Intern Med, 2004; May 24, 164(10):1092-7. 

331. Bowles HR, FitzGerald SJ, Morrow JR Jr, Jackson AW, Blair SN. Construct 

Validity of Self-reported Historical Physical Activity. Am J Epidemiol, 2004; Aug 1, 

160(3):279-86. 

332. Jackson AS, Kampert JB, Barlow CE, Morrow JR Jr, Church TS, Blair SN. 

Longitudinal changes in cardiorespiratory fitness: measurement error or true change 

Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2004; Jul 36(7):1175-80. 

333. Jurca R, LaMonte MJ, Church TS, Earnest CP, FitzGerald SJ, Barlow CE, Jordan 

AN, Kampert JB, Blair SN. Associations of muscle strength and aerobic fitness with 

metabolic syndrome in men. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2004; 36(8):1301-1307. 

334. Kuk JL, Nichaman MZ , Church TS, Blair SN, Ross R. Liver fat is not a marker of 

metabolic risk in lean premenopausal women. Metabolism, 2004; 53(8):1066-1071. 

335. Blair SN, Church TS. The fitness, obesity, and health equation: is physical activity the 

common denominator JAMA, 2004; 292(10):1232-1234. 

336. Blair SN, LaMonte MJ, Nichaman MZ. Modifiable behavioral factors as causes of 

death. JAMA, 2004; 291(24):2942-2943. 

337. Eisenmann JC, Welk GJ, Wickel EE, Blair SN. Stability of variables associated with 

the metabolic syndrome from adolescence to adulthood: The Aerobics Center 

Longitudinal Study. Am J Hum Biol, 2004; 16(6):690-6. 

338. Di Pietro L, Dziura J, Blair SN. Estimated change in physical activity level (PAL) and 

prediction of 5-year weight change in men: the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study. Int 

J Obes Relat Metab Disord, 2004; 28(12):1541-7. 

339. Klein S, Burke LE, Bray GA, Blair S, Allison DB, Pi-Sunyer X, Hong Y, Eckel RH; 

American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and 

Metabolism; American College of Cardiology Foundation. Clinical implications of 

obesity with specific focus on cardiovascular disease: a statement for professionals from 

the American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and 

Metabolism: endorsed by the American College of Cardiology Foundation. Circulation, 

2004; 110(18):2952-67. 

340. Eckel RH, York DA, Rossner S, Hubbard V, Caterson I, St Jeor ST, Hayman LL, 

Mullis RM, Blair SN; American Heart Association. Prevention Conference VII: 

Obesity, a worldwide epidemic related to heart disease and stroke: executive summary.

Circulation, 2004; 110(18):2968-75. 

341. Hootman JM, FitzGerald S, Macera CA, Blair SN. Lower extremity muscle strength 

and risk of self-reported hip or knee osteoarthritis. J Phys Act Health, 2004; 1:321-330. 

342. Eisenmann JC, Wickel EE, Welk GJ, Blair SN. Relationship between adolescent 

fitness and fatness and cardiovascular disease risk factors in adulthood: The Aerobics 

Center Longitudinal Study (ACLS). Am Heart J, 2005; 149:46-53. 

343. Katzmarzyk PT, Church TS, Janssen I, Ross R, Blair SN. Metabolic syndrome, 

obesity, and mortality: Impact of cardiorespiratory fitness. Diabetes Care, 2005; 28:391- 

397. 

344. Rejeski JW, Fielding RA, Blair SN, Guralnik JM, Gill TM, Hadley EC, King AC, 

Kritchevsky SB, Miller ME, Newman AB, Pahor M. The lifestyle interventions and 

independence for elders (LIFE) pilot study: Design and methods. Contemporary Clinical 

Trials, 2005; 26:141–154. 

345. Lee S, Kuk JL, Katzmarzyk PT, Blair SN, Church TS, Ross R. Cardiorespiratory 

fitness attenuates metabolic risk independent of abdominal subcutaneous and visceral fat 

in men. Diabetes Care, 2005; 28:895-901. 

346. LaMonte MJ, FitzGerald SJ, Church TS, Barlow CE; Radford NB, Levine BD, 

Pippin JJ, Gibbons LW, Blair SN, Nichaman MZ. Coronary artery calcium score and 

coronary heart disease events in a large cohort of asymptomatic men and women. Am J 

Epidemiol, 2005; 162:421-429. 

347. LaMonte MJ, Barlow CE, Jurca R, Kampert JB, Church TS, Blair SN. 

Cardiorespiratory fitness is inversely associated with the incidence of metabolic 

syndrome: a prospective study of men and women. Circulation, 2005; 112:505-512. 

348. LaMonte MJ, Blair SN, Church TS. Physical activity and diabetes prevention. J Appl 

Physiol, 2005; 99:1205-1213. 

349. Ardern CI, Katzmarzyk PT, Janssen I, Church TS, Blair SN. Revised Adult 

Treatment Panel III Guidelines and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Men Attending a 

Preventive Medical Clinic. Circulation, 2005; 112:1481-1488. 

350. Janssen I, Katzmarzyk PT, Church TS, Blair SN. The Cooper Clinic Mortality Risk 

Index Clinical Score Sheet for Men. Am J Prev Med, 2005; 29:194-203. 

351. Jurca R, Jackson AS, LaMonte MJ, Morrow Jr JR, Blair SN, Wareham NJ, Haskell 

WL, van Mechelen W, Church TS, Jakicic JM, Lauukkanen R. Assessing 

cardiorespiratory fitness without performing exercise testing. Am J Prev Med, 2005; 

29:185-193. 

352. Chambliss H.O., Blair SN. Improving the fitness landscape in Brownell KD, Puhl RM, 

Schwartz MB, Rudd L., eds: Weight Bias Nature, Consequences, and Remedies, 2005; 

248-264.

353. Chambliss H.O., Blair SN. Fitness at large: physical activity programs for obese older 

adults. The Journal on Active Aging, 2005; 4:22-23. 

354. Jordan AN, Jurca GM, Locke CT, Church TS, Blair SN. Pedometer indices for 

weekly physical activity recommendations in postmenopausal women. Med Sci Sports 

Exerc, 2005; 37:1627-1632. 

355. Church TS, LaMonte MJ, Barlow CE, Blair SN. Cardiorespiratory fitness and body 

mass index as predictors of cardiovascular disease mortality among men with diabetes. 

Arch Intern Med, 2005; 165:2114-2120. 

356. Jurca R, LaMonte MJ, Barlow CE, Kampert JB, Church TS, Blair SN. Association 

of muscular strength with incidence of metabolic syndrome in men. Med Sci Sports 

Exerc, 2005; 37:1849-1855. 

357. Blair SN, LaMonte MJ. How much and what type of physical activity is enough: what 

physicians should tell their patients. Arch Intern Med, 2005; 165:2324-2325. 

358. Mason C, Katzmarzyk PT, Blair SN. Eligibility for Obesity Treatment and Risk of 

Mortality in Men. Obes Res, 2005; 13:1803-1809. 

359. SN Blair. The evolution of physical activity recommendations: What should I tell my 

patients (Guest Editorial). Obesity Management, 2005; 6:231-233. 

360. Barlow CE, LaMonte MJ, FitzGerald SJ, Kampert JB, Perrin JL, Blair SN. 

Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is an Independent Predictor of Hypertension Incidence among 

Initially Normotensive Healthy Women. Am J Epidemiol, 2006; 163:142-150. 

361. Katzmarzyk PT, Janssen I, Ross R, Church TS, Blair SN. The Importance of Waist 

Circumference in the Definition of Metabolic Syndrome: Prospective analyses of 

mortality in men. Diabetes Care, 2006; 29:404-409. 

362. Kuk JL, Church TS, Blair SN, Ross R. Does measurement site for visceral and 

abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue alter associations with the metabolic syndrome 

Diabetes Care, 2006; 29:679-684. 

363. Kuk JL, Katzmarzyk PT, Nichaman MZ, Church TS, Blair SN, Ross R. Visceral Fat 

Is an Independent Predictor of All-cause Mortality in Men. Obes Res, 2006; 14:336-341. 

364. Blair SN, LaMonte MJ. Commentary: current perspectives on obesity and health: black 

and white, or shades of grey Int J Epidemiol, 2006; 35:69-72. 

365. Finley CE, LaMonte MJ, Waslien CI, Barlow CE, Blair SN, Nichaman MZ. 

Cardiorespiratory fitness, macronutrient intake, and the metabolic syndrome: the aerobics 

center longitudinal study. J Am Diet Assoc, 2006; 106:673-679. 

366. Smith SC, Allen J, Blair SN, Bonow RO, Brass LM, Fonarow GC, Grundy SM, 

Hiratzka L, Jones D, Drumhols HM, Mosca L, Pasternak RC, Pearson T, Pfeffer 

MA, Taubert KA. AHA/ACC Guidelines for secondary prevention for patients with 

coronary and other atherosclerotic vascular disease: 2006 update. J Am Coll Cardiol,

2006;47:2130-2139 published jointly in Circulation, 2006; 113:2363-2372. 

367. Church TS, Kuk JL, Ross R, Priest EL, Biltoff E, Blair SN. Association of 

cardiorespiratory fitness, body mass index, and waist circumference to nonalcoholic Fatty 

liver disease. Gastroenterology, 2006; 130:2023-2030. 

368. Davidson LE, Kuk JL, Church TS, Blair SN, and Ross R. Protocol for Measurement 

of Liver Fat by Computed Tomography. J Appl Physiol, 2006; 100:864-8. 

369. Blair SN, Haskell WL. Objectively measured physical activity and mortality in older 

adults. J Am Med Assn, 2006; 296:216-18. 

370. LaMonte MJ, FitzGerald SJ, Levine BD, Church TS, Kampert JB, Nichaman MZ, 

Gibbons LW, and Blair SN. Coronary artery calcium, exercise tolerance, and CHD 

events in asymptomatic men. Atherosclerosis, 2006; 189:157-62. 

371. LaMonte MJ, Blair SN. Physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and adiposity: 

contributions to disease risk. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care, 2006; 9:540-6. 

372. The LIFE Study Investigators (Writing Group--Marco Pahor, MD, Steven N. Blair, 

PED, Mark Espeland, PhD, Roger Fielding, PhD, Thomas M. Gill, MD, Jack M. 

Guralnik, MD, PhD, Evan C. Hadley, MD, Abby C. King, PhD, Stephen B. 

Kritchevsky, PhD, Cinzia Maraldi, MD, Michael E. Miller, PhD, Anne B. Newman, 

MD, Walter J. Rejeski, PhD, Sergei Romashkan, MD, PhD, Stephanie Studenski, 

MD, MPH). Effects of a Physical Activity Intervention on Measures of Physical 

Performance: Results of the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders Pilot 

(LIFE-P) Study. J Gerontology: Med Sci, 2006; 61A:1157-65. 

373. Blair SN, Church TS. Offering Lifestyle Advice is Good Clinical Practice. DOC News, 

2006; September pp 6. 

374. Ettinger WH, Wright BS, Blair SN. Fitness after 50: Add Years to Your Life and Life 

to Your Years. Human Kinetics, 2006. 

375. Bouchard C, Blair SN, and Haskell WL. Physical Activity and Health. Human 

Kinetics, 2007. 

376. Finley CE, Barlow CE, Greenway FL, Rock CL, Rolls BJ, and Blair SN. Retention 

rates and weight loss in a commercial weight loss program. Int J Obes, 2007; 31:292-8. 

377. Church TS, Levine BD, McGuire DK, LaMonte MJ, FitzGerald SJ, Cheng YJ, 

Kimball TE, Blair SN, Gibbons LW, and Nichaman MZ. Coronary artery calcium 

score, risk factors, and incident coronary heart disease events. Atherosclerosis, 2007; 

190:224-31. 

378. Ness AR, Leary SD, Mattocks C, Blair SN, Reilly JJ, Wells J, Ingle S, Tilling K, 

Davey Smith G, Riddoch C. Objectively measured physical activity and fat mass in a 

large cohort of children. PLOS Med, 2007; 4(3):e97.

379. Van Wye G, Dubin JA, Blair SN, and Di Pietro L. A History of Weight Cycling and 

6-Year Weight Change in Healthy Adults: The Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study. 

Obesity, 2007; 15:731-9. 

380. Blair SN. Physical Activity, Clinical Medicine, and Public Health. Current Sports Med 

Rep, 2007; 6:71-2. 

381. Jackson AW, Morrow JR Jr, Bowles HR, FitzGerald SJ, Blair SN. Construct Validity 

Evidence for Single-Response Items to Estimate Physical Activity Levels in Large 

Sample Studies. Res Q Exerc Sports, 2007; 78:24-31. 

382. Thompson PD Co-Chair; Franklin BA, Co-Chair; Balady GJ; Blair SN; Corrado D; 

Estes NAM III; Fulton JE; Gordon NF; Haskell WL; Link MS; Maron BJ; 

Mittleman MA; Pelliccia A; Wenger NK; Willich SN; Costa F. Exercise and Acute 

Cardiovascular Events Placing the Risks Into Perspective: A Scientific Statement From 

the American Heart Association Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism 

and the Council on Clinical Cardiology. Circulation, 2007; 115:2358-68. 

383. Mattocks C, Leary S, Ness A, Deere K, Saunders J, Kirkby J, Blair SN, Tilling K, 

Metcalfe C, and Riddoch C. Intraindividual Variation of Objectively Measured Physical 

Activity in Children. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2007; 39:622-9. 

384. Church TS, Earnest CP, Skinner JS, Blair SN. Effects of different doses of physical 

activity on cardiorespiratory fitness among sedentary, overweight or obese 

postmenopausal women with elevated blood pressure. J Am Med Assn, 2007; 297:2081- 

91. 

385. McMillan KP, Kuk JL, Church TS, Blair SN, Ross R. Independent associations 

between liver fat, visceral adipose tissue, and metabolic risk factors in men. Appl Physiol 

Nutr Metab, 2007; 32:265-72. 

386. Dwyer T, Hosmer D, Hosmer T, Venn AJ, Blizzard CL, Granger RH, Cochrane JA, 

Blair SN, Shaw JE, Zimmet PZ, Dunstan D. The inverse relationship between number 

of steps per day and obesity in a population-based sample-the AusDiab study. Int J Obes, 

2007; 31:797-804. 

387. Blair SN. Physical inactivity: a major public health problem. Br J Nutr, 2007; 32:113-7. 

388. Sui X, LaMonte MJ, Blair SN. Cardiorespiratory fitness as a predictor of nonfatal 

cardiovascular events in asymptomatic women and men. Am J Epidemiol, 2007; 

165:1414-23. 

389. Sui X, LaMonte MJ, Blair SN. Cardiorespiratory fitness and risk of nonfatal 

cardiovascular disease in women and men with hypertension. Am J Hypertension, 2007; 

20:608-15. 

390. Van Wye G, Dubin JA, Blair SN, DiPietro L. Adult obesity does not predict 6-year 

weight gain in men: The Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study. Obesity, 2007; 15:1571-7. 

391. Nelson ME, Rejeski WJ, Blair SN, Duncan PW, Judge JO, King AC, Macera CA, 

Castaneda-Sceppa C. Physical Activity and Public Health in Older Adults:

Recommendation from the American College of Sports Medicine and the American 

Heart Association. Circulation, 2007; 116:1094-1105 and Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2007; 

39:1435-45. 

392. Haskell WL, Lee IM, Pate RR, Powell KE, Blair SN, Franklin BA, Macera CA, 

Heath GW, Thompson PD, Bauman A. Physical Activity and Public Health: Updated 

Recommendation for Adults from the American College of Sports Medicine and the 

American Heart Association. Circulation, 2007; 116:1081-93 and Med Sci Sports Exerc, 

2007; 39:1423-34. 

393. Lyerly GW, Blair SN. Clinical Trials Report. Curr Cardiovascular Risk Rep, 2007; 

1:219-20. 

394. Eisenmann JC, Welk GJ, Wickel EE, Blair SN. Combined influence of 

cardiorespiratory fitness and body mass index on cardiovascular disease risk factors 

among 8-18 year old youth: The Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study. Int J Pediatr Obes, 

2007; 2:66-72. 

395. Rankinen T, Church TS, Treva Rice, Claude Bouchard, Blair SN. Cardiorespiratory 

fitness, BMI, and risk of hypertension: the HYPGENE Study. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 

2007; 39:1687-92. 

396. Rankinen T, Church TS, Rice T, Markward N, Leon AS, Rao DC, Skinner JS, Blair 

SN, Bouchard C. Effect of Endothelin 1 Genotype on Blood Pressure Is Dependent on 

Physical Activity or Fitness Levels. Hypertension, 2007; 50:1120-5. 

397. Sui X, LaMonte MJ, Laditka JN, Hardin JW, Chase N, Hooker SP, Blair SN. 

Cardiorespiratory fitness and adiposity as mortality predictors in older adults. JAMA, 

2007; 298:2507-16. 

398. Wing RR, Jakicic J, Neiberg R, Lang W, Blair SN, Cooper L, Hill JO, Johnson KC, 

Lewis CE, and THE LOOK AHEAD RESEARCH GROUP. Fitness, fatness, and 

cardiovascular risk factors in Type 2 Diabetes: Look AHEAD Study. Med Sci Sports 

Exerc, 2007; 39:2107-16. 

399. Sui X, Laditka JN, Hardin JW, Blair SN. Estimated Functional Capacity Predicts 

Mortality in Older Adults. J Am Geriatrics Soc, 2007; 55:1940-7. 

400. Riddoch CJ, Mattocks C, Deere K, Saunders J, Kirkby J, Tilling K, Leary SD, Blair 

SN, and Ness AR. Objective measurement of levels and patterns of physical activity. 

Arch Dis Child, 2007; 92:963-9. 

401. Mattocks C, Ness A, Leary S, Tilling K, Blair SN, Hamilton-Shield J, Deere K, 

Saunders J, Kirkby J, Davey Smith G, Wells J, Wareham N, Reilly J, and Riddoch 

C. Use of Accelerometers in a Large Field-Based Study of Children: Protocols, Design 

Issues, and Effects on Precision. J Phys Act Health, 2008; 5:S94-S107. 

402. Farrell SW, Cortese GM, LaMonte MJ, and Blair SN. Cardiorespiratory Fitness, 

Different Measures of Adiposity, and Cancer Mortality in Men. Obesity, 2007; 15:3140- 

9.

403. Mattocks C, Leary SD, Ness AR, Deere K, Saunders J, Tilling K, Kirkby J, Blair 

SN, Riddoch C. Calibration of an accelerometer during free-living activities in children. 

Int J Ped Obes, 2007; 2:218-26. 

404. Leary SD, Ness AR, Davey Smith G, Mattocks C, Deere K, Blair SN, Riddoch C. 

Physical Activity and Blood Pressure in Childhood: Findings From a Population-Based 

Study. Hypertension, 2008; 51:92-98. 

405. Mattocks C, Deere K, Leary S, Ness AR, Tilling K, Blair SN, Riddoch C. Early life 

determinants of physical activity in 11 to 12 year olds: cohort study. Br Med J, 2008; 

336:26-9. also published in Br J Sports Med, 2008; 42:721-4. 

406. Sui X, Hooker SP, Lee IM, Church TS, Colabianchi N, Lee CD, Blair SN. A 

Prospective Study of Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Type 2 Diabetes in Women. Diabetes 

Care, 2008; 31:550-5. 

407. Katzmarzyk PT, Baur LA, Blair SN, Lambert EV, Oppert JM, Riddoch C, For the 

International Association for the Study of Obesity Physical Activity Task Force the 

Conference Speaker Panel. International Conference on Physical Activity and Obesity 

in Children: Summary Statement and Recommendations. Published simultaneously Int J 

Ped Obes, 2007; 1-19 and Appl Physiol Nutr Metabolism, 2008; 33:371-88. 

408. Thompson AM, Church TS, Janssen I, Katzmarzyk PT, Earnest CP, Blair SN. 

Cardiorespiratory Fitness as a Predictor of Cancer Mortality Among Men With Pre- 

Diabetes and Diabetes. Diabetes Care, 2008; 31:764-9. 

409. Thompson AM, Mikus CR, Rodarte RQ, Distefano B, Priest EL, Sinclair E, Earnest 

CP, Blair SN, Church TS. Inflammation and exercise (INFLAME): Study rationale, 

design, and methods. Cont Clinical Trials, 2008; 29:418–27. 

410. Chase NL, Sui X, and Blair SN. Comparison of the Health Aspects of Swimming With 

Other Types of Physical Activity and Sedentary Lifestyle Habits. Int J of Aquatic Res and 

Educ, 2008; 2:151-61. 

411. Lyerly GW, Sui X, Church TS, Lavie CJ, Hand GA, Blair SN. Maximal Exercise 

Electrocardiography Responses and Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Among Men With 

Diabetes Mellitus. Circ, 2008; 117:2734-42. 

412. Sui X, Church TS, Meriwether RA, Lobelo F, Blair SN. Uric Acid and the 

Development of Metabolic Syndrome in Women and Men. Metabolism, 2008; 57:845-52. 

413. Shuger SL, Sui X, Church TS, Meriwether RA, Blair SN. Body Mass Index as 

Predictor of Hypertension Incidence Among initially Healthy Normotensive Women. 

Amer J of Hypertension, 2008; 21(6):613-19. 

414. Earnest CP, Lavie CJ, Blair SN, Church TS. Heart Rate Variability Characteristics in 

Sedentary Postmenopausal Women Following Six Months of Exercise Training: The 

DREW Study. PLoS One, 2008; 3(6): e2288.

415. Payn T, Pfeiffer KA, Hutto B, Vena JE, LaMonte MJ, Blair SN, Hooker SP. Daily 

Steps in Midlife and Older Adults: Relationship with Demographic, Self-Rated Health, 

and Self-reported Physical Activity. Res Q Exerc Sports, 2008; 79:128-132. 

416. Lyerly GW, Church T, Blair SN. Clinical Trials Report. Curr Cardiovascular Risk Rep, 

2008; 2:289-291. 

417. Rankinen T, Church T, Rice T, Markward N, Blair SN, Bouchard C. A major haplotype 

block at the rho-associated kinase 2 locus is associated with a lower risk of hypertension in a 

recessive manner: the HYPGENE study. Hypertens Res, 2008; Aug 31(8):1651-7. 

418. Ruiz JR, Sui X, Lobelo F, Morrow JR, Jackson AW, Sjöström M, Blair SN. 

Association between muscular strength and mortality in men: prospective cohort study. 

Br Med J, 2008; 337:92-95. 

419. Chase NL, Sui X, Blair SN. Swimming and All-Cause Mortality Risk Compared With 

Running, Walking, and Sedentary Habits in Men. Int J of Aquatic Res and Educ, 2008; 

2:213-23. 

420. Kuk JL, Church TS, Blair SN, Ross R. Associations between changes in abdominal 

and thigh muscle quantity and quality. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2008; 40:1277-81. 

421. Church TS, Gill TM, Newman AB, Blair SN, Earnest C and Pahor M. Maximal 

Fitness Testing in Sedentary Elderly at Substantial Risk of Disability: LIFE-P Study 

Experience. J Aging and Physical Activity, 2008; 16(4):408-415. 

422. Hooker SP, Sui X, Colabianchi N, Vena J, Laditka J, LaMonte MJ, Blair SN. 

Cardiorespiratory Fitness as a Predictor of Fatal and Nonfatal Stroke in Asymptomatic 

Women and Men. Stroke, 2008; 39:2950-2957. 

423. Murphy MH, Blair SN, Murtagh EM. Accumulated versus Continuous Exercise for 

Health Benefit. Sports Med, 2009; 39:29-43. 

424. Blair SN. Physical inactivity: the biggest public health problem of the 21st century. Br J 

Sports Med, 2009; 43:1-2. 

425. Lee DC, Sui X, and Blair SN. Does physical activity ameliorate the health hazards of 

obesity Br J Sports Med, 2009; 43:49-51. 

426. Ross R, Blair SN, Godwin M, Hotz S, Katzmarzyk PT, Lam M, Lévesque L, and 

MacDonald S. Prevention and Reduction of Obesity through Active Living 

(PROACTIVE): rationale, design and methods. Br J Sports Med, 2009; 43:57-63. 

427. Martin CK, Church TS, Thompson AM, Earnest CP, and Blair SN. Exercise dose 

and quality of life. Arch Int Med, 2009; 169:269-278. 

428. Church TS, Blair SN. When will we treat physical activity as a legitimate medical 

therapy…even though it does not come in a pill Br J Sports Med, 2009; 43:80-1. 

429. Sui X, Laditka JN, Church TS, Hardin JW, Chase N, Davis K, Blair SN. Prospective 

study of cardiorespiratory fitness and depressive symptoms in women and men. J 

Psychiatric Res, 2009; 43:546-52. 

430. Sisson SB, Katzmarzyk PT, Earnest CP, Bouchard C, Blair SN, and Church TS. 

Volume of Exercise and Fitness Nonresponse in Sedentary, Postmenopausal Women. 

Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2009; 41:539–545.

431. Church TS, Martin CK, Thompson AM, Earnest CP, Mikus CR, Blair SN. Changes 

in Weight, Waist Circumference and Compensatory Responses with Different Doses of 

Exercise among Sedentary, Overweight Postmenopausal Women. PLOS One, 2009; 

4:4515. 

432. Lee IM, Matthews CE, Blair SN. The legacy of Dr. Ralph Seal Paffenbarger, Jr—Past, 

present, and future contributions to physical activity research. PCPFS Res Digest, 2009; 

10:1-8. 

433. Peel JB, Sui X, Adams SA, Hébert JR, Hardin JW, Blair SN. A prospective study of 

cardiorespiratory fitness and breast cancer mortality. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2009; 

41:742-8. 

434. Chase NL, Sui X, Lee DC, Blair SN. The association of cardiorespiratory fitness and 

physical activity with incidence of hypertension in men. Am J Hypertens, 2009; 22:417- 

24. 

435. Dwyer T, Magnussen CG, Schmidt MD, Ukoumunne OC, Ponsonby AL, Raitakari 

OT, Zimmet PZ, Blair SN, Thomson R, Cleland VJ, Venn A. Decline in physical 

fitness from childhood to adulthood associated with increased obesity and insulin 

resistance in adults. Diabetes Care, 2009; 32:683-7. 

436. Donnelly JE, Blair SN, Jakicic JM, Manore MM, Rankin JW, Smith BK . American 

College of Sports Medicine Position Stand. Appropriate physical activity intervention 

strategies for weight loss and prevention of weight regain for adults. Med Sci Sports 

Exerc, 2009; 41:459-71. 

437. Lee DC, Sui X, Church TS, Lee IM, Blair SN. Associations of cardiorespiratory 

fitness and obesity with risks of impaired fasting glucose and diabetes in men. Diabetes 

Care, 2009; 32:252-67. 

438. Peel JB, Sui X, Matthews CE, Adams SA, Hébert JR, Hardin JW, Church TS, Blair 

SN. Cardiorespiratory fitness and digestive cancer mortality: findings from the Aerobics 

Center Longitudinal Study. Can Epidiol Biomarkers Prev, 2009; 18:1111-7. 

439. Blair SN, Morris JN. Healthy Hearts—and the universal benefits of being physically 

active: physical activity and health. Ann Epidemiol, 2009; 19:253-6. 

440. Anaya AS, Church TS, Blair SN, Myers JN, Earnest CP. Exercise Dose–Response of 

the VE/VCO 2 Slope in Postmenopausal Women in the DREW Study. Med Sci Sports 

Exerc, 2009; 41:971-6. 

441. Ballard-Barbash R, Hunsberger S, Alciati MH, Blair SN, Goodwin PJ, McTiernan 

A, Wing R, Schatzkin A. Physical activity, weight control, and breast cancer risk and 

survival: Clinical trial rationale and design considerations. J Natl Cancer Inst, 2009; 

101:630-43. 

442. Ruiz JR, Sui X, Lobelo F, Lee DC, Morrow JR, Jackson AW, Hébert JR, Matthews 

CE, Sjöström M, Blair SN. Muscular strength and adiposity as predictors of adulthood 

cancer mortality in men. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev, 2009; 18:1468-76. 

443. Jaggers JR, Sui X, Hooker SP, LaMonte MJ, Matthews CE, Hand GA, and Blair 

SN. Metabolic syndrome and risk of cancer mortality in men. European Journal of 

Cancer, 2009; 45:1831-38. 

444. Kuk JL, Ardern CI, Church TS, Hebert JR, Sui X, and Blair SN. Ideal Weight and 

Weight Satisfaction: Association with Health Practices. Am J Epidemiol, 2009; 170:456- 

63.

445. Lyerly GW, Sui X, Lavie CJ, Church TS, Hand GA, and Blair SN. The Association 

between Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Risk of All-Cause Mortality among Women With 

Impaired Fasting Glucose or Undiagnosed Diabetes Mellitus. Mayo Clin Proc, 2009; 

84:780-6. 

446. Sloan RA, Sawada SS, Martin CK, Church T, and Blair SN. Associations between 

cardiorespiratory fitness and health-related quality of life. Health Qual Life Outcomes, 

2009; 7:47. 

447. Barry VW, Church T, Blair SN. Effects of Exercise Modality on Insulin Resistance 

and Functional Limitation in Older Adults. Curr CV Risk Rep, 2009; 3:235-6. 

448. Mikus CR, Earnest CP, Blair SN, Church TS. Heart rate and exercise intensity during 

training: observations from the DREW Study. Br J Sports Med, 2009; 43:750-5. 

449. Haskell WL, Blair SN, Hill JO. Physical activity: Health outcomes and importance for 

public health policy. Prev Med, 2009; 49:280-5. 

450. Jackson AS, Sui X, Hebert JR, Church TS, Blair SN. Role of lifestyle and aging on 

the longitudinal change in cardiorespiratory fitness. Arch Int Med, 2009; 169:1781-7. 

451. Mitchell J, Mattocks C, Ness AR, Pate RR, Dowda M, Blair SN, Riddoch CJ. 

Sedentary behavior and obesity in a large cohort of children. Int J Obes, 2009; 17:1596- 

1602. 

452. Deere K, Williams C, Leary S, Mattocks C, Ness AR, Blair SN, Riddoch CJ. Myopia 

and physical activity in 12 year old children. Br J Sports Med, 2009; 43:542-44. 

453. Riddoch CJ, Ness AR, Blair SN, Deere K, Mattocks C, Griffiths A, Davey-Smith G, 

Tilling K. Prospective associations between objective measures of physical activity and 

fat mass in 12-14 year old children: the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children 

(ALSPAC). Br Med J, 2009; 339:b544. 

454. Lee CD, Sui X, Blair SN. Combined Effects of Cardiorespiratory Fitness, Not Smoking, 

and Normal Waist Girth on Morbidity and Mortality in Men. Arch Int Med, 2009; 169: 

2096-2101. 

455. Arsenault BJ, Earnest CP, Despres JP, Blair SN, Church TS. Obesity, coffee 

consumption and CRF levels in postmenopausal overweight/obese women: importance of 

hormone replacement therapy use. Eur J Clin Nutr, 2009; 63:1419-24. 

456. McAuley PA, Sui XM, Church TS, Hardin JW, Myers JN, Blair SN. The Joint 

Effects of Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Adiposity on Mortality Risk in Men with 

Hypertension. Am J Hypertension, 2009; 22:1062-1069. 

457. Church TS, Thompson AM, Katzmarzyk PT, Sui XM, Johannsen N, Earnest CP, 

Blair. Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes, Alone and in Combination, as Predictors of 

Cardiovascular Disease Mortality among Men. Diabetes Care, 2009; 32:1289-94. 

458. Le TD, Bae S, Hsu CE, Singh KP, Blair SN, Shang N. Effects of Cardiorespiratory 

Fitness on Serum Ferritin Concentration and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes: Evidence 

from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study (ACLS). Rev Diab Studies, 2009; 5:245-52. 

459. Arsenault BJ, Côté M, Cartier A, Lemieux I, Després JP, Ross R, Earnest CP, Blair 

SN, Church TS. Effect of exercise training on cardiometaboic risk markers among 

sedentary, but metabolically health overweight or obese post-menopausal women with 

elevated blood pressure. Atherosclerosis, 2009; 207:530-3.

460. Groessl EJ, Kaplan RM, Blair SN, Rejeski WJ, Katula JA, King AC, Fielding RA, 

Glynn NW, and Pahor M. A Cost Analysis of a Physical Activity Intervention for 

Older Adults. J Phys Act Health, 2009; 6:767-74. 

461. Manini TM, Newman AB, Fielding R, Blair SN, Perri MG, Anton SD, Goodpaster 

BC, Katula JA, Rejeski WJ, Kritchvesky SB, Hsu FC, Pahor M. Effects of exercise 

on mobility in obese and nonobese older adults. Obesity, 2010; 18:1168-1175. 

462. Kohl HW, III, Blair SN. Lessons from a Life Well-Lived. J Phys Act Health, 2010; 7:1- 

2. 

463. Ortega FB, Lee DC, Sui X, Ruiz JR, Cheng YJ, Church TJ, Miller CC, Blair SN. 

Cardiorespiratory fitness, adiposity, and incident asthma in adults. J Allergy Clin 

Immunol, 2010; 125(1):271-273 e271-275. 

464. Wang CY, Haskell WL, Farrell SW, LaMonte MJ, Blair SN, Curtin LR, Hughes JP, 

and Burt VL. Cardiorespiratory Fitness Levels among US Adults 20-49 Years of Age: 

Findings from the 1999-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Am J 

Epidemiol, 2010; 171:426-435. 

465. Heroux M, Janssen I, Lam M, Lee DC, Hebert JR, Sui X, Blair SN. Dietary patterns 

and the risk of mortality: impact of cardiorespiratory fitness. Int J Epidemiol, 2010; 

39:197-209. 

466. Blair SN. Physical Fitness and Risk of Obesity. Bouchard C, Katzmarzyk PT, Eds. 

Human Kinetics. Physical Activity and Obesity, 2 nd edition, 2010:121-5. 

467. Maslow AL, Sui X, Colabianchi N, Hussey J, Blair SN. Muscular strength and 

incident hypertension in normotensive and prehypertensive men. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 

2010; 42:288-95. 

468. Earnest CP, Poirier P, Carnethon MR, Blair SN, Church TS. Autonomic function 

and change in insulin for exercising postmenopausal women. Maturitas, 2010; 65:284– 

291. 

469. Lyerly GW, Sui X, Church TS, Lavie CJ, Hand GA, and Blair SN. Maximal Exercise 

Electrocardiographic Responses and Coronary Heart Disease Mortality among Men with 

Metabolic Syndrome. Mayo Clin Proc, 2010; 85:239-46. 

470. Sieverdes JC, Sui X, Lee D, Church TS, McClain A, Hand GA, Blair SN. Physical 

activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and the incidence of type 2 diabetes in a prospective 

study of men. Br J Sports Med, 2010; 44:238-44. 

471. Stewart LK, Earnest CP, Blair SN, and Church TS. Effects of Different Doses of 

Physical Activity on C-Reactive Protein among Women. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2010; 

42(4):701-7. 

472. Church TS, Earnest CP, Thompson AM, Priest EL, Rodarte RQ, Saunders T, Ross 

R, and Blair SN. Exercise without Weight Loss Does Not Reduce C-Reactive 

Protein:The INFLAME Study. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2010; 42(4):708-16. 

473. Sui X, Lee D, Matthews CE, Adams SA, Hebert JR, Church TS, Lee C, and Blair 

SN. Influence of Cardiorespiratory Fitness on Lung Cancer Mortality. Med Sci Sports 

Exerc, 2010; 42(5):872-78. 

474. Warren TY, Barry V, Hooker SP, Sui X, Church TS, and Blair SN. Sedentary 

Behaviors Increase Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Mortality in Men. Med Sci Sports 

Exerc, 2010; 42(5):879-885.

475. Kesaniemi A, Riddoch CJ, Reeder B, Blair SN, Sorensen TIA. Advancing the future 

of physical activity guidelines in Canada: an independent expert panel interpretation of 

the evidence. Int J Behav Nutri and Phy Act, 2010; 7(41). 

476. Baruth M, Wilcox S, Dunn AL, King AC, Marcus BH, Rejeski WJ, Sallis JF, Blair 

SN. Psychosocial Mediators of Physical Activity and Fitness Changes in the Activity 

Counseling Trial. Ann Behav Med, 2010; April 30. 

477. Sawada SS, Muto T, Lee IM, Higaki Y, Naito H, Tanaka H, Noguchi J, Blair SN, 

Tsukamoto K. Long-Term Trends in Cardiorespiratory Fitness and the Incidence of 

Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes Care, 2010; 33(6):1353-7. 

478. Mertz KJ, Lee DC, Sui X, Powell KE, Blair SN. Falls among Adults: The Association 

of Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Physical Activity with Walking-Related Falls. Am J 

Prev Med, 2010; 39(1):15-24. 

479. Mitchell JA, Church TS, Rankinen T, Earnest CP, Sui X, Blair SN. FTO Genotype 

and the Weight Loss Benefits of Moderate Intensity Exercise. Obesity, 2010; 18:641-43. 

480. Weiler R, Stamatakis E, Blair SN. Should health policy focus on physical activity 

rather than obesity Yes. BMJ 2010;340:c2603. 

481. Kuk JK, Church TS, Blair SN, Ross R. Measurement Site and the Association 

Between Visceral and Abdominal Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue with Metabolic Risk in 

Women. Obesity, 2010; 18(7):1336–1340. 

482. Mattocks C, Hines M, Ness A, Leary S, Griffiths A, Tilling K, Blair SN, Riddoch C. 

Associations between sex-typed behaviour at age 3½ and levels and patterns of physical 

activity at age 12: the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children. Arch Dis Child, 

2010; 95:509-512. 

483. Mitchell JA, Bornstein DB, Sui X, Hooker SP, Church TS, Lee DC, Lee D, Blair SN. 

The impact of combined health factors on cardiovascular disease mortality. Am Heart J, 

2010; 160(1):102-108. 

484. Blair SN, Smith GD, Lee IM, Fox K, Hillsdon M, McKeown RE, Haskell WL, 

Marmot M. A Tribute to Professor Jeremiah Morris: The Man Who Invented the Field 

of Physical Activity Epidemiology. Ann Epidemiol, 2010; Sep 20(9):651-660. 

485. Johannsen NM, Priest EL, Dixit VD, Earnest CP, Blair SN, Church TS. Association 

of white blood cell subfraction concentration with fitness and fatness. Br J Sports Med, 

2010; 44(8):588-593. 

486. Banda JA, Clouston K, Sui X, Hooker SP, Lee DC, Blair SN. Protective Health 

Factors and Incident Hypertension in Men. Am J Hypertens, 2010; 23(6):599-605. 

487. Barry VW, Church TS, Blair SN. Using Molecular Classification to Predict Gains in 

Maximal Aerobic Capacity Following Endurance Exercise Training in Humans. Curr 

Cardio Risk Rep, 2010; 4:319-320. 

488. Byun W, Sieverdes JC, Sui X, Hooker SP, Lee DC, Church TS, Blair SN. Effect of 

Positive Health Factors and All-Cause Mortality in Men. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 2010; 

Sep 42(9):1632-1638. 

489. Sawada SS, Lee IM, Naito H, Tsukamoto K, Muto T, Blair SN. Muscular and 

Performance Fitness and the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes: Prospective Study of 

Japanese Men. J Phys Act Health, 2010; 7:627-632. 

490. Jackson AW, Lee DC, Sui X, Morrow JR Jr, Church TS, Maslow AL, Blair SN. 

Muscular Strength is Inversely Related to Prevalence and Incidence of Obesity in Adult 

Men. Obesity, 2010; 18:1988–1995.

491. Lee DC, Artero EG, Sui X, Blair SN. Mortality trends in the general population: the 

importance of cardiorespiratory fitness. J Psychopharmacol, November 2010; 24(4):27- 

35. 

492. Ortega FB, Lee DC, Sui X, Kubzansky LD, Ruiz JR, Baruth M, Castillo MJ, Blair 

SN. Psychological Well-Being, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Long-Term Survival. Am 

J Prev Med, 2010; 39(5):440–448. 

493. Earnest CP, Blair SN, Church TS. Age attenuated response to aerobic conditioning in 

postmenopausal women. Eur J Appl Physiol, 2010; 110:75–82. 

494. Hsu F-C, Rejeski WJ, Ip EH, Katula JA, Fielding R, Jette AM, Studenski SA, Blair 

SN, Miller ME. Evaluation of the late life disability instrument in the lifestyle 

interventions and independence for elders pilot (LIFE-P) study. Health Qual Life 

Outcomes, Oct 2010; 8:115. 

495. Banda JA, Hutto B, Feeney A, Pfeiffer KA, McIver K, Lamonte MJ, Blair SN, Vena 

J, Hooker SP. Comparing Physical Activity Measures in a Diverse Group of Midlife 

and Older Adults. Med Sci Sports Exerc, Dec 2010; 42(12):2251-2257. 

496. Church TS, Blair SN, Cocreham S, et al. Effects of Aerobic and Resistance Training 

on Hemoglobin A 1c Levels in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled 

Trial. JAMA, 2010; 304(20):2253-2262. 

497. Ortega FB, Brown WJ, Lee DC, Baruth M, Sui X, Blair SN. In Fitness and Health A 

Prospective Study of Changes in Marital Status and Fitness in Men and Women. Am J 

Epidemiol, 2011;173(3):337-44. 

498. Blair SN, Dunn AL, Marcus BH, Carpenter RA, Jaret P. Active Living Every Day, 

2 nd ed. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics; 2011. 

499. Matthews CE, Sui X, LaMonte MJ, Adams SA, Hebert JR, Blair SN. Metabolic 

syndrome and risk of death from cancers of the digestive system. Metabolism, 2010 Aug; 

59(8):1231-9. 

500. Baruth, M., Wilcox, S., Blair, S., Hooker, S. & Hussey, J. (2010). Psychosocial 

mediators of a faith-based physical activity intervention: implications and lessons learned 

from null findings. Health Education Research, 25(4), 645-655. 

501. Chale-Rush A, Guralnik JM, Walkup MP, et al. Relationship Between Physical 

Functioning and Physical Activity in the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for 

Elders Pilot. J Am Geriatr Soc, Oct 2010; 58(10):1918-1924. 

502. Vuori I, Blair SN, Bull FC, et al. More Collaboration-More Power in Combating Ill 

Health. J Phys Act Health, Nov 2010; 7(Suppl. 3): S359-S361. 

503. Beets MW, Paluch AE, Archer EC, Blair SN. Physical Activity: The Future of 

Learning Childhood Obesity, Dec 2010; 6(6):345-6. 

504. Ortega FB, Artero EG, Ruiz JR, Blair SN, et al. Physical fitness levels among 

European adolescents: the HELENA study. Br J Sports Med, 2011; 45:20-29. 

505. Maslow AL, Price AE, Sui X, Lee DC, Vuori I, Blair SN. Fitness and Adiposity as 

Predictors of Functional Limitation in Adults. J Phys Act Health, 2011; 8(1):18-26. 

506. Baruth M, Wilcox S, Sallis JF, King AC, Marcus BH, Blair SN. Changes in CVD 

risk factors in the activity counseling trial. Int J Gen Med, 2011(4):53-62. 

507. Barry VW, McClain AC, Shuger S, Sui X, Hardin JW, Hand GA, Wilcox S, Blair 

SN. Using a technology-based intervention to promote weight loss in sedentary 

overweight or obese adults: a randomized controlled trial study design. Diabetes Metab 

Syndr Obes, 2011 Feb; 2011(4):67 – 77. 

508. Jung SH, Kim J, Davis JM, Blair SN, Cho H. Association among basal serum BDNF, 

cardiorespiratory fitness and cardiovascular disease risk factors in untrained healthy 

Korean men. Eur J Appl Physiol, 2011; 111:303-311.

509. Hooker SP, Feeney A, Hutto B, Pfeiffer KA, McIver K, Heil DP, Vena JE, LaMonte 

MJ, Blair SN. Validation of the Actical Activity Monitor in Middle-Aged and Older 

Adults. . J Phys Act Health, 2011; 8:372-381. 

510. Paluch AE, Church TS, Blair SN. Effect of an intensive exercise intervention strategy 

on modifiable cardiovascular risk factors in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Curr 

Cardiovasc Risk Rep, 2011;5:481-3. 

511. Allen J, Anderson DR, Baun B, Best A, Blair SN, Chapman LS, Eriksen M, Fielding 

J, Franklin BA, Goetzel RZ, Green LW, Omenn G, Ornish D, Pelletier KR. 

Reflections on Developments in Health Promotion in the Past Quarter Century From 

Founding Members of the American Journal of Health Promotion Editorial Board. Am J 

Health Promotion, 2011 Mar/Apr; 25(4):ei-eviii. 

512. McAuley PA, Blair SN. Obesity paradoxes. J Sports Sci, 2011; 29:773-82. 

513. Powell KE, Paluch AE, Blair SN. Physical Activity for Health: What Kind How 

Much How Intense On Top of What Annu Rev Public Health, 2011; 32:349–65. 

514. Baruth M, Lee DC, Sui X, Church TS, Marcus BH, Wilcox S, Blair SN. Emotional 

Outlook on Life Predicts Increases in Physical Activity Among Initially Inactive Men. 

Health Educ Behav, 2011 Apr; 38(2):150-8. 

515. Byun W, Sui X, Hébert JR, Church TS, Lee I, Matthews CE, Blair SN. 

Cardiorespiratory fitness and risk of prostate cancer: Findings from the Aerobics Center 

Longitudinal Study. Cancer Epidemiol, 2011 Feb; 35(1):59-65. 

516. Lee DC, Sui X, Ortega FB, Kim Y, Church TS, Winett RA, Ekelund U, Katzmarzyk 

PT, Blair SN. Comparisons of leisure-time physical activity and cardiorespiratory 

fitness as predictors of all-cause mortality in men and women. Br J Sports Med, 2011 

May; 45(6):504-10. 

517. Esenfeld K, Halle M, Blair SN. Impaired fitness or obesity. Diabetologe, 2011; 7:9-14. 

518. Xie M, Li H, Wang W, Wang J, Sui X, and Blair SN. Cardiorespiratory Fitness: A 

Core Component of Health-related Physical Fitness. J of Beijing Sport Univ, 2011; 

34(2):1-7. 

519. Liu J, Blair SN, Teng Y, Ness A, Lawlor D, Riddoch C. Physical activity during 

pregnancy in a prospective cohort of British women: Results from Avon Longitudinal 

Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). European Journal of Epidemiology, 2011; 

26(3):237-247. 

520. Artero EG, Lee DC, Ruiz JR, Sui X, Ortega FB, Church TS, Lavie CJ, Castillo MJ, 

Blair SN. A prospective study of muscular strength and all-cause mortality in men with 

hypertension. J Am Coll Cardiol, 2011; 57(18):1831-1837. 

521. Ortega FB, Lee DC, Blair SN. Exercise and Disease Prevention. In: Micheli LJ, ed. 

Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, 2011:447- 

50. ISBN: 9781412961158 

522. Sieverdes JC, Sui X, Hand GA, Barry VW, Wilcox S, Meriwether RA, Hardin JW, 

McClain AC, Blair SN. Cardiometabolic Results from an armband-based weight loss 

trial. Diabetes Metab Syndr Obes, 2011; 4:187-194. 

523. Church TS, Thomas DM, Tudor-Locke C, Katzmarzyk PT, Earnest CP, Rodarte 

RQ, Martin CK, Blair SN, Bouchard C. Trends Over 5 Decades in U.S. Occupation- 

Related Physical Activity and their Associations with Obesity. Plos One, 2011; 6(5):1-7. 

524. Archer E, Blair SN. Physical Activity and the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease; 

From Evolution to Epidemiology. Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, 2011; 53:387- 

396 

525. Sieverdes JC, Sui X, Lee DC, Lee IM, Hooker SP, Blair SN. Independent and joint 

associations of physical activity and fitness on stroke in men.

Phys Sportsmed, 201l May; 39(2):119-26. 

526. Shuger SL, Barry VW, Sui X, McClain A, Hand GA, Wilcox S, Meriwether RA, 

Hardin JW, Blair SN. Electronic feedback in a diet- and physical activity-based lifestyle 

intervention for weight loss: a randomized controlled trial. Intl J of Behav Nutr and Phys 

Act, 2011; 41(8):1-8. 

527. Trivedi MH, Greer TL, Church TS, Carmody TJ, Grannemann BD, Sunderajan P, 

Dunn AL, Earnest CP, Henley SS, Blair SN. Exercise as an augmentation treatment for 

nonremitted major depressive disorder: A randomized, parallel dose comparison. J Clin 

Psychiatry, 2011; 72(5):677-684 

528. Matthews MM, Hsu FC, Walkup MP, Barry LC, Kushang VP, Blair SN. Depressive 

symptoms and physical performance in the lifestyle interventions and independence for 

elders pilot study. JAGS. 2011; 59(3);495-500. 

529. Shook RP, Blair SN. You asked for it: Question authority. ACSM Health&Fitness, 2011; 

15(4):5-7. 

530. Ponsonby AL, Sun C, Ukoumunne OC, Pezic A, Venn A, Shaw JE, Dunstan DW, 

Barr EL, Blair SN, Cochrane J, Zimmet PZ, Dwyer T. Objectively Measured Physical 

Activity and the Subsequent Risk of Incident Dysglycemia: The Australian Diabetes, 

Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab). Diabetes Care, 2011; 34(7):1497-502. 

531. Howie EK, Sui X, Lee DC, Hooker SP, Hebert JR, Blair SN. Alcohol consumption 

and risk of all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in men. J Aging Res, 2011; 1- 

10. 

532. Archer E, Blair SN. Dr. Roy J. Shephard: A Pioneer in Physical Activity and Preventive 

Medicine. Health & Fitness J of Canada, 2011; 4(1):27-29. 

533. Kuk JL, Ardern CI, Church TS, Sharma AM, Radwal R, Sui X, Blair SN. Edmonton 

obesity staging system: association with weight history and mortality risk. Appl Physiol 

Nutr Meta, 2011; (36):570-576. 

534. Fielding RA, Rejeski WJ, Blair SN, Church TS, Espeland MA, Gill TM, Guralnik 

JM, Hsu FC, Katula J, King AC, Kritchevsky SB, McDermott MM, Miller ME, 

Nayfield S, Newman AB, Williamson JD, Bonds D, Romashkan S, Hadley E, Pahor 

M. The lifestyle interventions and independence for elders study: design and methods. J 

Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, 2011; 1-12. 

535. McAuley PA, Blair SN. Cardiorespiratory Fitness and the Metabolic Syndrome (chapter 

10). The Metabolic Syndrome, 2 nd edition. Edited by Christopher D. Byrne and Sarah H. 

Wild. Blackwell Publishing Ltd. (2011). 

536. Houston DK, Tooze JA, Hausman DB, Johnson MA, Nicklas BJ, Miller ME, 

Neiberg RH, Marsh AP, Newman AB, Blair SN, Kritchevsky SB. Change in 25- 

hydroxyvitamin D and physical performance in older adults. J Gerontol A Biol Med Sci, 

2011; 66(4): 430-6. 

537. Tudor-Locke C, Craig CL, Beets MW, Belton S, Cardon GM, Duncan S, Hatano Y, 

Lubans DR, Olds TS, Raustorp A, Rowe DA, Spence JC, Tanaka S, Blair SN. How 

many steps/days are enough For children and adolescents. Intl. J of Behav Nutr and 

Phys Act, 2011; 8(78): 1-14. 

538. Tudor-Locke C, Craig CL, Brown WJ, Clemes SA, DeCocker K, Giles-Corti B, 

Hatano Y, Inoue S, Matsudo SM, Mutrie N, Oppert JM, Rowe DA, Schmidt MD, 

Schofield GM, Spence JC, Teixeria PJ, Tully MA, Blair SN. How Many steps/day are 

enough For adults. Intl J of Behav Nutr and Phys Act, 2011; 8(79): 1-17. 

539. Lee CD, Sui X, Hooker SP, Blair SN, Hébert JR. Combined impact of lifestyle factors 

on cancer mortality in men. Ann Epidemiol, 2011; 21: 749-754. 

540. Trivedi MH, Greer TL, Grannemann BD, Church TS, Somoza E, Blair SN, 

Szapocznik J, Stoutenberg M, Rethorst C, Warden D, Ring KM, Walker R, Morris

DW, Kosinski AS, Kyle T, Marcus B, Crowell B, Oden N, Nunes E. Stimulant 

reduction intervention using Dosed Exercise (STRIDE) – CTN 0037: Study protocol for a 

randomized controlled trial. Trials, 2011; 12: 206. 

541. Tudor-Locke C, Craig CL, Aoyagi Y, Bell RC, Croteau KA, Bourdeaudhuij ID, 

Ewald B, Gardner AW, Hatano Y, Lutes LD, Matsudo SM, Ramirez-Marrero FA, 

Rogers LQ, Rowe DA, Schmidt MD, Tully MA, Blair SN. How many steps are 

enough For older adults and special populations. Intl J of Behav Nutr and Phys Act, 

2011; 8(80): 1-19. 

542. Koorts H, Mattocks C, Ness AR, Deere K, Blair SN, Pate RR, Riddoch C. The 

association between the type, context, and levels of physical activity amongst 

adolescents. J of Phys Act & Health, 2011; 8: 1057-1065. 

543. Sui X, Lavie CJ, Hooker SP, Lee DC, Colabianchi N, Lee DC, Blair SN. A 

prospective study of fasting plasma glucose and risk of stroke in asymptomatic men. 

Mayo Clin Proc, 2011; 86(11): 1042-1049. 

544. Herouz M, Janssen I, Lee DC, Sui X, Hebert JR, Blair SN. Clustering of unhealthy 

behaviors in the Aerobic Center Longitudinal Study. Prev Sci, 2012; 13(2):183-95. 

545. Blair SN, Weiler R, Stamatakis E. Physical inactivity is associated with earlier 

mortality- the evidence is incontrovertible. Brit J of Gen Prac, 2011; 719-720. 

546. Kline CE, Crowley EP, Ewing GB, Burch JB, Blair SN, Durstine JL, Davis JM, 

Youngstedt SD. The effect of exercise training on obstructive sleep apnea and sleep 

quality: A randomized controlled trial. Sleep, 2011; 43(12): 1631-1640. 

547. Hoehner CM, Handy SL, Yan Y, Blair SN, Berrigan D. Association between 

neighborhood walkability, cardiorespiratory fitness and body-mass index. Social Sci & 

Med, 2011; 73: 1707-1716. 

548. Lee DC, Sui X, Artero EG, Lee IM, Church TS, McAuley PA, Stanford FC, Kohl 

HW, Blair SN. Long-term effects of changes in cardiorespiratory fitness and body mass 

index on all-cause and cardiovascular disease mortality in men: The Aerobic Center 

Longitudinal Study. Circulation, 2011;124(23):2483-90. 

549. Sieverdes JC, Sui X, Blair SN. Associations between physical activity and submaximal 

cardiorespiratory and pulmonary responses in men. J Sport Med Doping Stud, 2011;1(1). 

550. Sieverdes JC, Ray BM, Sui X, Lee DC, Hand GA, Baruth M, Blair SN. Association 

between leisure time physical activity and depressive symptoms in men. Med Sci Sports 

Exerc. 2012;44(2):260-5. 

551. Gander J, Lee DC, Sui X, Hebert JR, Hooker SP, Blair SN. Self-rated health status 

and cardiorespiratory fitness as predictors of mortality in men. Br J Sports Med. 

2011;25(14):1095-100. 

552. Lee DC, Sui X, Church TS, Lavie CJ, Jackson AS, Blair SN. Changes in fitness and 

fatness on the development of cardiovascular disease risk factors. J Am Coll Cardiol. 

2012;59(7):665-72. 

553. Liu R, Sui X, Laditka JN, Church TS, Colabianchi N, Hussey J, Blair SN. 

Cardiorespiratory fitness as a predictor of dementia mortality in men and women. Med 

Sci Sports Exerc. 2012;44(2):253-9. 

554. Kahn KM, Weiler R, Blair SN. Prescribing exercise in primary care: Ten practical steps 

on how to do it. Br Med J. 2011;343:806-7. 

555. Ajja R, Lee DC, Sui X, Church TS, Blair SN. Usefulness of serum bilirubin and 

cardiorespiratory fitness as predictors of mortality in men. Am J Cardiol. 

2011;108(10):1438-42. 

556. Hersey JC, Khavjou O, Strange LB, Atkinson RL, Blair SN, Campbell S, Hobbs 

CL, Kelly B, Fitzerald TM, Kish-Doo J, Koch MA, Munoz B, Peele E, Stockdale J, 

Augustine C, Mitchell G, Arday D, Kugler J, Dorn P, EllzyJ, Julian R, Grissom J,

Britt M. The efficacy and cost-effectiveness of a community weight management 

intervention: A randomized controlled trial of the health weight management 

demonstration. Prev Med. 2012;54(1):42-9. 

557. Masse LC, Fulton JE, Watson KB,Tortolero S, Kohl HW, Meyers MC, Blair SN, 

Wong WW. Comparing the validity of 2 physical activity questionnaire formats in 

African-American and Hispanic women. J of Phys Act & Heal. 2012;9(2):237-48. 

558. Johannsen NM, Swift DL, Johnson WD, Dixit VD, Earnest CP, Blair SN, Church 

TS. Effect of different doses of aerobic exercise on total white blood cell (WBC) and 

WBC subfraction number in postmenopausal women: Results from DREW. PLoS ONE. 

2012;7(2):e31319. Epub 2012 Feb 17. 

559. Earnest CP, Blair SN, Church TS. Heart rate variability and exercise in aging women. 

J of Women’s Heal. 2012;21(3):334-9. 

560. Ross R, Lam M, Blair SN, Church TS, Godwin M, Hotz SB, Johnson A, 

Katzmarzyk PT, Levesque L, MacDonald S. Trial of prevention and reduction of 

obesity through active living in clinical settings. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172(5):414-24. 

561. Jackson AS, Janssen I, Sui X, Church TS, Blair SN. Longitudinal changes in body 

composition associated with healthy ageing: men, aged 20 – 96 years. Brit J of Nutr. 

2012;107:1085-91. 

562. Bowling CB, Fonarow GC, Patel K, Zhang Y, Feller MA, Sui X, Blair SN, 

Alagiakrishnan K, Aban IB, Love TE, Allman RM, Ahmed A. Impairment of 

activities of daily living and incident heart failure in community-dwelling older adults. 

Eur J of Heart Fail. 2012;14(6):581-7. Epub 2012 Apr 4. 

563. Hebert JR, Blair SN. Repudiation of the ‘magic bullet’ approach to health improvement: 

a call to empower people to get moving and take charge. Br J Sports Med. 

2012;46(5):303-306. 

564. Stanford FC, Durkin MW, Blair SN, Powell CK, Poston MB, Stallworth JR. 

Determining levels of physical activity in attending physicians, resident and fellow 

physicians and medical students in the USA. Br J Sports Med. 2012;46(5):360-4. 

565. McAuley PA, Artero EG, Sui X, Lee DC, Church TS, Lavie CJ, Myers JN, Espana- 

Romero V, Blair SN. The obesity paradox, cardiorespiratory fitness, and coronary heart 

disease. Mayo Clin Proc. 2012;87(5):443-51. 

566. Archer E, Blair SN. Physical activity, exercise and non-communicable diseases. Res 

Exerc Epidemiol. 2012;14(1):1-18. 

567. Swift DL, Johannsen NM, Earnest CP, Blair SN, Church TS. Effect of exercise 

training modality on c-reactive protein in type 2 diabetes. Med & Sci in Spor & Exerc. 

2012;44(6):1028-34. 

568. Mitchell JA, Pate RR, Dowda M, Mattocks C, Riddock C, Ness AR, Blair SN. A 

prospective study of sedentary behavior in a large cohort of youth. Med & Sci in Spor & 

Exerc. 2012;44(6):1081-7. 

569. Bouchard C, Blair SN, Church TS, Earnest CP, Hagberg JM, Häkkinen K; Jenkins 

NT, Karavirta L, Kraus WE, Leon AS, Rao DC, Sarzynski MA, Skinner JS, Slentz 

CA, Rankinen T. Adverse metabolic response to regular exercise: is it a rare or common 

occurrence PLoS ONE. 2012;7(5):1-8. 

570. Ashmore JA, Frierson G, Blair SN. The role of physical activity in weight loss and 

weight loss maintenance. In: Akabas SR, Lederman SA, Moore BJ, eds. Textbook of 

obesity. Ames, IA: Wiley Blackwell 2012; 344-353. 

571. Brukner P, Bahr R, Blair SN, Cook J, Crossley K, McConnell J, McCrory P, 

Noakes T, Khan K, eds. Clinical sports medicine. 4th edn. North Ryde: McGraw Hill 

2012.

572. Shook RP, Lee DC, Sui X, Prasad V, Hooker SP, Church TS, Blair SN. 

Cardiorespiratory fitness reduces the risk of incident hypertension associated with a 

parental history of hypertension. Hypertension. 2012;59(6):1220-1224. 

573. Lee DC, Park I, Jun TW, Nam BH, Cho SI, Blair SN, Kim YS. Physical activity and 

body mass index and their associations with the development of type 2 diabetes in 

Korean men. Am J Epidemiol. 2012;176(1):43-51. Epub 2012 Apr 29. 

574. Khan KM, Thompson AM, Blair SN, Sallis JF, Powell KE, Bull FC, Bauman AE. 

Sport and exercise as contributors to the health of nations. Lancet. 2012;380(9836):59-64. 

575. Goodrich KM, Crowley SK, Lee DC, Sui XS, Hooker SP, Blair SN. Associations of 

cardiorespiratory fitness and parental history of diabetes with risk of type 2 diabetes. 

Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2012;95(3):425-31. 

576. Blair SN, Sallis RE, Hutber A, Archer E. Exercise therapy- the public health message. 

Scand J Med Sci Sports. 2012;22(4)e24-8. 

577. Lee IM, Shiroma EJ, Lobelo F, Puska P, Blair SN, Katzmarzyk PT. Effect of 

physical inactivity on major non-communicable diseases worldwide: an analysis of 

burden of disease and life expectancy. Lancet. 2012;380(9838):219-29. 

578. Swift DL, Johannsen NM, Earnest CP, Blair SN, Church TS. Effect of different doses 

of aerobic exercise training on total bilirubin levels. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 

2012;44(4):569-74. 

579. Swift DL, Johannsen NM, Myers VH, Earnest CP, Smits JA, Blair SN, Church TS. 

The effect of exercise training modality on serum brain derived neurotrophic factor levels 

in individuals with type 2 diabetes. PLoS One. 2012;7(8):e42785. Epub 2012 Aug 6. 

580. Sui X, Jackson AS, Church TS, Lee DC, O’Connor DP, Liu J, Blair SN. Effects of 

cardiorespiratory fitness on aging: glucose trajectory in a cohort of healthy men. Ann 

Epidemiol. 2012;22(9):617-22. Epub 2012 July 3. 

581. Mitchell JA, Pate RR, Blair SN. Screen-based sedentary behavior and cardiorespriatory 

fitness from age 11 to 13. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2012;44(7):1302-9. 

582. Swift DL, Earnest CP, Blair SN, Church TS. The effect of different doses of aerobic 

exercise training on endothelial function in postmenopausal women with elevated blood 

pressure: results from the DREW study. Br J Sports Med. 2012;46(10)753-8. 

583. Brown W, Blair SN. Good news, good news: occupational and household activities are 

important for energy expenditure, but sport and recreation remain the best buy for public 

health. Br J Sports Med. 2012;46(10):702-3. 

584. Swift DL, Earnest CP, Katzmarzyk PT, Rankinen T, Blair SN, Church TS. The 

effect of different doses of aerobic exercise training of exercise blood pressure in 

overweight and obese postmenopausal women. Menopause. 2012;19(5):503-9. 

585. Archer E, Groessl EJ, Sui X, McClain AC, Wilcox S, Hand GA, Meriwether RA, 

Blair SN. An economic analysis of traditional and technology-based approaches to 

weight loss. Am J Prev Med. 2012;43(2):176-82. 

586. Dishman RK, Sui X, Church TS, Hand GA, Trivedi MH, Blair SN. Decline in 

cardiorespiratory fitness and odds of incident depression. Am J Prev Med. 

2012;43(4):361-8. 

587. Artero EG; España-Romero V, Lee DC, Sui X, Church TS, Lavie CJ, Blair SN. Ideal 

cardiovascular health and mortality: Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study. Mayo Clin 

Proc. 2012;87(10):944-52. 

588. Matheson GO, Klugl M, Dvorak J, Engebretsen L, Meeuwisse WH, Schwellnus M, 

Blair SN, van Mechelen W, Derman W, Börjesson M, Bendiksen F, Weiler R. 

Responsibility of sport and exercise medicine in preventing and managing chronic 

disease: applying our knowledge and skill is overdue. Br J Sports Med. 

2012;45(16):1272-82.

589. Paluch AE, Berryman JW, Powell KE, Vuori I, Tipton CM, Blair SN. History of 

physical activity contributions to public health. Chapter 1 in Physical Activity and Public 

Health Practice. Taylor & Francis Group. CRC Press, 2012. 

590. Stoutenberg M, Rethorst CD, Fiuzat M, Greer TL, Blair SN, Church TS, Marcus B, 

Trivedi MH. Stimulant reduction intervention using dosed exercise (STRIDE): 

Description of the exercise intervention and behavior program to ensure adherence. Ment 

Health Phys Act, 2012;5:175-82. 

591. Jackson AS, Sui X, O’Connor DP, Church TS, Lee DC, Artero EG, Blair SN. 

Longitudinal cardiorespiratory fitness algorithms for clinical settings. Am J Prev Med. 

2012;43(5):512-9. 

592. Swift DL, Johannsen NM, Tudor-Locke C, Earnest CP, Johnson WD, Blair SN, 

Senechal M, Church TS. Exercise training and habitual physical activity: a randomized 

controlled trial. Am J Prev Med. 2012; 43(6):629-35. 

593. Janssen I, Carson V, Lee IM, Katzmarzyk PT, Blair SN. Years of life gained due to 

leisure-time physical activity in the U.S. Am J Prev Med. 2013;44(1):23-9. 

594. Bauman AE, Blair SN. Everyone could enjoy the “survival advantage” of elite athletes 

just by meeting physical activity guidelines. BMJ. 2012;345:e8338 

595. Sui X, Zhang J, Lee DC, Church TS, Lu W, Liu J, Blair SN. Physical activity/fitness 

peaks during perimenopause and BMI change patterns are not associated with baseline 

activity/fitness in women: a longitudinal study with a median 7-year follow up. Br J 

Sports Med. 2013;47(2):77-82. Epub 2012 Jul 7. 

596. Joy E, Blair SN, McBride P, Sallis R. Physical activity counseling in sports medicine: a 

call to action. Br J Sports Med. 2013;47:49-53. 

597. Kline CE, Ewing GB, Burch JB, Blair SN, Durstine JL, Davis JM, Youngstedt SD. 

Exercise training improves selected aspects of daytime functioning in adults with 

obstructive sleep apnea. J Clin Sleep Med. 2012;8(4):358-65. 

598. Kline CE, Sui X, Hall MH, Youngstedt SD, Blair SN, Earnest CP, Church TS. Doseresponse 

effects of exercise training on the subjective sleep quality of postmenopausual 

women: Exploratory analyses of a randomized controlled trial. BMJ Open, 2012; 

2(4):e001044. Print 2012. 

599. Swift DL, Lavie CJ, Johannsen NM, Arena R, Earnest CP, O’Keefe JH, Milani RV, 

Blair SN, Church TS. Physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, and exercise training 

in primary and secondary coronary prevention. Circ J. 2013;77:281-92. 

600. Byun W, Blair SN, Pate RR. Objectively measured sedentary behavior in preschool 

children: comparison between Montessori and traditional preschools. Int J Behav Nutr 

Phys Act. 2013;10:2. 

601. Artero EG, Lee DC, Lavie CJ, España-Romero V, Sui X, Church TS, Blair SN. 

Effects of muscular strength on cardiovascular risk factors and prognosis. J Cardiopulm 

Rehabil Prev, 2012;32(6):351-8. 

602. Heffernan KS, Manini TM, Hsu FC, Blair SN, Nicklas BJ, Kritchevsky SB, 

Newman AB, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Church TS, Haskell WL, Fielding RA. Relation of 

pulse pressure to long-distance gait speed in community-dwelling older adults: Findings 

from the LIFE-P study. PLoS One, 2013; 7(11): E49544. Epub 2012 Nov 21. 

603. Kline CE, Crowley EP, Ewing GB, Burch JB, Blair SN, Durstine JL, Davis JM, 

Youngstedt SD. Blunted heart rate recovery is improved following exercise training in 

overweight adults with obstructive sleep apnea. Int J Cardiol. 2012 May 7. [Epub ahead 

of print]. 

604. Trilk JL, Ortaglia A, Blair SN, Bottai M, Church TS, Pate RR. Cardiorespiratory 

fitness, waist circumference, and alanine aminotranferase in youth. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 

2012 Nov 27. [Epub ahead of print]

605. Kim Y, Beets MW, Pate RR, Blair SN. The effect of reintegrating Actigraph 

accelerometer counts in preschool children: Comparison using different epoch lengths. J 

Sci Med Sport. 2012 Jun 30. [Epub ahead of print] 

606. Ortega FB, Lee DC, Katzmarzyk PT, Ruiz JR, Sui X, Church TS, Blair SN. The 

intriguing metabolically healthy but obese phenotype: cardiovascular prognosis and the 

role of fitness. Eur Heart J. 2012 Sep 4. [Epub ahead of print] 

607. Sieverdes JC, Wickel EE, Hand GA, Bergamin M, Moran RR, Blair SN. Reliability 

and validity of the Mywellness Key physical activity monitor. Clin Epidemiol. 

2013;5:13-20. 

608. Greer TL, Ring KM, Warden D, Grannemann BD, Church TS, Somoza E, Blair SN, 

Szapocznik J, Stoutenberg M, Rethorst C, Walker R, Morris DW, Kosinski AS, 

Kyle T, Marcus B, Crowell B, Oden N, Nunes E, Trivedi MH. Rationale for using 

exercise in the treatment of stimulant use disorders. Journal of Global Drug Policy and 

Practice. 2012:6(1). 

609. Archer E, Shook RP, Thomas DM, Church TS, Katzmarzyk PT, Hebert JR, McIver 

KL, Hand GA, Lavie CJ, Blair SN. 45-year trends in women’s use of time and 

household management energy expenditure. PLOS One, 2013;8(2):e56620. 

610. Earnest CP, Artero EG, Sui X, Lee DC, Church TS, Blair SN. Maximal estimated 

cardiorespiratory fitness, cardiometabolic risk factors, and metabolic syndrome in the 

Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study. Mayo Clin Proc,2013;88(3):259-70. 

Papers from the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT) Research Group (SN Blair 

listed as contributor and Co-Principal Investigator): 

1. Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial, Proceedings of the Nutrition Behavioral 

Research Conference, NHLI, NIH, DHEW Publication No. (NIH) 76-978, p.11, 

1975. 

2. Smoking Cessation Activities in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial: A 

Preliminary Report, Proceedings of the Third World Conference on Smoking and 

Health, June 2-5, 1975, New York, New York. 

3. Public Annual Report, Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial, June 30, 1974 to 

July 1, 1975. U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health 

Service, National Institutes of Health, DHEW Publications No. (NIH) 76-1000, 

August, 1975. 

4. The Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT): A National Study of 

Primary Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease. JAMA 235:825-827, 1976. 

5. Public Annual Report, Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial, June 30, 1975 to 

July 1, 1976, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Public Health 

Service, National Institutes of Health, DHEW Publication No. (NIH) 77-1211, 

August, 1976. 

6. Statistical Design Considerations in the NHLI Multiple Risk Factor Intervention 

Trial (MRFIT). J Chron Dis 30:261-275, 1977. 

7. Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial. Conference on Mild Hypertension. Ann 

NY Acad Sci 304:293-308, 1978.

8. Smoking Cessation Activities in the MRFIT: A Preliminary Report. In J 

Steinfeld et al (eds.). Smoking & Health: II Health Consequences, Education 

Cessation Activities and Social Action, U.S. Government Printing Office, 

Washington, DC, 1976. 

9. HDL-Cholesterol levels in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial (MRFIT). 

Lipids 14:119-125, 1979. 

10. The MRFIT behavior pattern study - I. J Chron Dis 32:293-305, 1979. 

11. Primary prevention of heart attacks: The Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial. 

Am J Epidemiol 112:185-199, 1980.

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